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Photo inside a stone shrine in a temple niche. A priest in white clothing with an orange shawl holds a brass aarti lamp with a bright flame toward a deity murti, a silver-faced idol draped in a red and gold cloth and wrapped in a thick garland of green leaves, white flowers and orange marigolds. Behind him an attendant in saffron-orange robes stands by a brass railing. At left, a person with dark curly hair and a gold bangle reaches forward with hands joined in reverence. A second white-clad attendant is at the right edge. The black base of the murti bears carved Devanagari lettering.

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Inside a stone-carved temple shrine, a man in a white kurta and saffron-orange shawl with a rudraksha mala holds a brass oil lamp with a bright flame toward a black stone lingam decorated with green leaf garlands, white flowers and orange marigolds. The lingam bears a black cloth with white Devanagari script. A devotee in the lower left foreground has palms pressed together in prayer. A man in an orange shirt stands behind the railing, and a few other men are at the doorway. Scattered flower petals and offerings lie on a tray at the base of the shrine.Photograph inside a dim stone shrine where a man in a white t-shirt holds up a lit oil lamp toward a deity murti heavily decorated with white and orange marigold garlands and green leaf garlands. Beside him a priest in saffron-orange dhoti with a red-and-white headband and a beaded necklace holds a brass vessel near the murti. Behind them other devotees in white and orange crowd the doorway, and ornately carved marble arches and a carved inscription frame the shrine.A photograph of a temple aarti at a shrine. A priest in orange robes and a rudraksha-style necklace holds a brass lamp with a burning flame toward a deity murti with a silver face, decorated with white and orange marigold garlands, green leaf garlands and a purple beaded mala. Several devotees in the foreground, including a person with grey-black hair, raise hands in prayer, and another reaches toward the altar rail. Ornate carved stone arches and pillars frame the shrine, with a black cloth draped below the murti.A photograph inside a stone shrine where a deity murti is decorated with white and orange marigold garlands and green leaf garlands, with a red-orange cloth draped over it. A devotee in an orange sari holds up a lit oil lamp, and a bald man in white clothing raises a hand nearby. Other people in dark vests and white shirts lean in at the carved stone railing. Black Devanagari lettering on the shrine reads 'Kal Bhairav', indicating the Kal Bhairav shrine, and the ornate grey stone carvings surround the altar.A crowded photograph inside a stone shrine niche of a temple, with a black stone deity murti dressed in a garland of white and orange marigold flowers and green leaves. A brass oil lamp with a bright flame stands in the foreground. A priest in an orange saffron shawl with a white forehead band and red tilak stands at left, holding a bundle of green leaves and a small bottle, while a man in an orange shirt with his hands folded in namaste stands beside him. Devotees press close at right, including an older woman in a red sari and several elderly men in white clothes with hands clasped in prayer. A black placard with white lettering is set against the shrine base. The scene conveys puja at the shrine.A photograph inside a stone-carved shrine niche where a deity murti is dressed in a red-and-gold garment and heavily garlanded with green leaf garlands and white and orange flower strings. In the foreground, a long-haired person in orange-saffron robes stands with arms extended toward the murti, and another person in a white kurta with an orange-red shawl and beaded mala stands beside them, smiling. Other devotees and a person in white are at the left edge and a person's head is visible at the right. A brass railing runs in front of the shrine and small offerings lie on the floor. Inscribed stone lettering is carved above the shrine arch.May 19 20142014-05-19A photograph inside a stone shrine niche of a temple. A deity murti with a face and body covered in white flowers and orange marigold garlands, with a green leaf garland draped down, stands in an arched alcove. A priest in orange and red robes with a bare shaven head stands at the left holding a lit oil lamp on a tall brass stand, while another person in orange garments reaches toward the murti. Carved white marble walls with an inscription above the arch surround the shrine, and a few other devotees are partially visible at the edges, one in the right foreground. Floral offerings and a worn cloth are on the platform in front of the murti.Inside a carved white marble shrine, a man in a red and white patterned shirt and red trousers kneels and holds a brass tray of burning camphor flame toward a silver-faced deity murti draped in a black cloth. The murti is adorned with a large green leaf garland, yellow marigold and white flower garlands, and an orange flower tilak. A woman with dark curly hair in a leopard-print top stands in the foreground with hands folded in prayer. Yellow marigold flowers lie on the floor in front, and brass railings frame the shrine. Hindi text on the black cloth reads Kaal Bhairav Baba.A photograph inside a stone shrine niche decorated with carved white marble arches and floral reliefs. A silver face of Kala Bhairava, a deity murti with a moustache and a tilak, is framed by a large green leaf garland and marigold and yellow flower garlands, in front of a black cloth with white Devanagari lettering. A man in a red shirt with white dots stands behind a brass railing, holding a flaming oil lamp on a tray. In the foreground a woman with dark wavy hair and a leopard-print top stands with her palms pressed together in prayer. A pile of yellow marigolds lies at the lower right.May 09 20152015-05-09Crowded interior of a stone shrine in a temple. A carved marble niche holds a deity murti, a white stone figure decorated with a wreath of white and orange flowers, green leaves and a garland. A brass oil lamp with a bright flame sits in front. Around it, several shaved-headed priests in white dhotis and bare upper bodies, some wearing rudraksha malas and white sacred markings on the forehead, crowd close, reaching toward the shrine. A man in an orange cloth and white shirt stands at left with a red shawl. A carved inscription in Devanagari script runs across the top of the shrine wall.