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A figure in saffron-orange robes with a matching orange head wrap stands at left with palms pressed together in prayer before a shrine alcove in a stone cave-like chamber. Hanging on the wall above is a small framed picture of a deity and a Tamil sign. Inside the ornate golden-framed shrine with a star-shaped and round metal backdrop studded with small oil lamps, a dark stone lingam is adorned with white and red flower garlands, with a smaller dark stone figure beside it. Small oil lamps glow in the foreground basin.April 27 20212021-04-27December 19 20212021-12-19A photograph inside a dim stone shrine. In the foreground at left, a person wearing a saffron-orange shawl over the head and body stands with hands joined in prayer, seen from behind and partly at the edge of the frame. The shrine contains a black stone lingam dressed with a white and red flower garland and a white flower on top, with a golden yantra-like design framed by a large black and white diagram above it. Small oil lamps glow beside it, and a second dark stone figure with a pink flower garland stands to the right. The walls are weathered stone and a dark plaque with Tamil script hangs above the entrance.December 19 20212021-12-19December 19 20212021-12-19Interior shrine with gold-leafed walls showing a dark stone statue seated in a carved black backrest, wearing an orange saffron cloth, a white flower garland, and a rudraksha mala, with a white tilak marking on the forehead. In the foreground a second dark stone figure with a white tilak and white garland stands beside a brass oil lamp. The statues are portraits of a sannyasi in carved stone, not physical people. Offerings of white flowers rest on the platform.2022-01-24November 09 20072007-11-09A black stone statue of a seated sage in an orange-saffron robe with a white garland and a rudraksha mala sits in a gilded shrine niche, with a second dark statue in the foreground wearing a white flower garland and rudraksha beads. Golden lion sculptures flank the shrine, and brass oil lamps stand on the gold-painted ledge. The seated statue has a white tilak on its forehead. No living people are visible.2022-01-242001 - Glimpses From Various ProgramsMay 13 20122012-05-13 +1 copiesA photograph of a shrine niche with a gold-painted surround. Inside, a black stone deity murti sits in a meditative pose, wearing an orange cloth, a rudraksha mala, and a garland of white flowers with red roses. A second black stone figure seated on the left wears an orange cloth and a white and red garland, with white markings on its body. In front is a dark stone pedestal. No living people are visible.2021-10-10