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A photograph of a devotee in a long-sleeved orange sleeveless top and orange wrap, with long dark hair, standing with back to camera before a small shrine with a dark deity murti under a gold arched frame, garlanded with green mango leaves strung across the top. To the right, a man in white garments with an orange shawl holds a small booklet and watches. A colourful patterned fabric hanging with green, red, blue and yellow panels and white bird motifs stands at left. Warm sunlight falls on white marble walls.

February 04 2010

February 04 2010

A photograph in a temple doorway draped with strings of green mango leaves. On the left, a long-haired man in an orange sleeveless garment with an orange wrap and a white and red forehead mark faces toward the right. In the foreground, a person seen from behind with a dark ponytail wears a white garment and an orange shawl with a rudraksha mala. Beyond them, a golden deity murti is garlanded with red flowers beside a blue, red and green painted banner. Two people are visible.

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A photograph taken through a carved wooden doorway of a small shrine with white-tiled walls. A person in a flowing orange-saffron robe stands bent forward at the threshold, pouring water with cupped hands over a dark stone shivalingam garlanded with white flower strands and purple blossoms. A brass kalasha or vessel sits at the lower right corner and petals lie on the floor. The person's long dark hair falls over the shoulder; the face is not visible, so no identification is made. Abhishekam at a Shiva shrine.

Photograph of three men at an indoor entrance with a white pillared wall and framed black-and-white photos on the left. The central man has long dark hair, a white vibhuti mark on his forehead and wears an orange sleeveless wrap over bare shoulders. He is looking down while a man in a white garment with a ponytail on the left and a man in orange robes with a maroon border on the right adjust or attend to the wrap. Green leaf garlands hang above and multicoloured flags frame the scene. a person cues are not sufficiently distinctive here, so the central man is described by role as a devotee being attended to.

A photograph inside a home shrine room with a dark wooden arched frame draped in green leaves and marigold garlands. Two people face the shrine. On the right, a man in an orange shawl over bare shoulders wears a pink and white flower garland and holds a small flame or offering near the framed picture; a person appearance is noted by the long swept-back hair and orange shawl, though this is uncertain. On the left, a woman with dark hair wears a yellow and pink sari and stands with her back to the camera. Framed pictures, flower garlands and a brass lamp sit on a wooden cabinet. A window with metal grilles and a brown dotted valance is behind them.

A photograph of a temple shrine doorway. In the foreground, a woman with long dark hair wears a white flower garland and an orange sleeveless top, seen from behind with her hands together in prayer. Inside the doorway, a priest in a white dhoti and pink-orange shawl stands before a golden arched frame holding a dark deity murti decorated with a red-and-white garland and green-trimmed cloth. A lit oil lamp and a brass bell hang nearby, with a brass vessel on the floor and a kalasha offering with yellow flowers at the left edge. The interior is dimly lit, with a patterned floor mat at the entrance.

Photograph of a temple shrine during a ritual. A figure with long dark hair in an orange-saffron robe stands at the left, arms raised and holding a small ceremonial object near a large dark stone lingam set on a black base. Behind it a tall dark-red-and-gold deity murti in a dancing pose is decorated with white and red garlands, and a multicolored patterned fabric column frames the altar. Brass oil lamps, a gold-framed arch, brass vessels and floral offerings sit on the tiled platform. Several people are partially visible at the lower right edge.

A photograph inside a temple doorway framed by bulbs and marigold and white flower garlands. In the foreground on the left, a man in an orange turban and orange robe with long hair and a gold-toned ceremonial necklace stands with palms pressed together in namaste, eyes lowered. Beside him, an older man with white hair in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl bends forward to offer something at an altar. Beyond the doorway, a deity murti adorned with flower garlands and a golden crown sits within a shrine with a dark cloth backdrop, and a gold-coloured umbrella hangs at the upper left. Marigold garlands line the doorframe.