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April 18 20182018-04-18A priest in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with bare chest marked by white stripes and a bracelet on his upper arm, performs aarti with a lit oil lamp before a deity murti. The murti is adorned with a crown, pink and white flower garlands and a silver-toned altar and pink cloth. The priest has long hair tied up on his head and wears small hoop earrings. A small vessel is held in his other hand. The scene is a temple puja set in a pink-lit room with a white door in the background.2018-04-18April 18 20182018-04-18May 19 20182018-05-19 +1 copiesApril 18 20182018-04-18A photograph of a ritual on a stage before a silver-framed shrine holding a decorated deity murti, dressed in a red and gold garment with a blue cloth below and garlands of green, purple, yellow and red around it. A standing man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, bare-shouldered, with dark hair and wooden rudraksha-style beads at his neck, raises one hand toward the murti's face in a ritual gesture. Brass and silver vessels sit on a silver stand at the front, with scattered flower petals on the floor, and a red and gold umbrella canopy hangs above. Red drapes and a temple pillar backdrop complete the scene.2018-04-23A photograph of a priest performing aarti before a deity murti decorated with pink, white and multicolored flower garlands. The priest, seen from behind in profile, wears an orange saffron cloth wrapped around the body with a sash over one shoulder, a bun of hair on top of the head, earrings and a beaded armlet, and holds a lit oil lamp in the right hand with a small silver vessel in the left. The murti sits on a gilded silver seat draped with a pink cloth, under a silver arch. Smoke rises from the flame.2018-04-18January 07 20192019-01-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a priest in saffron-orange cloth performing a ritual before two ornately decorated murti figures on a silver-framed platform. The priest, with long hair tied up and bare arms marked with white bands, holds a small ritual implement toward the figures and a bell in the other hand. The deity murti wear jewelled gold and red garments, crowns and necklaces, and sit amid pink and red flower garlands on a magenta cloth.2018-04-18June 09 20092009-06-09Photograph inside a shrine niche where a priest in a rust-red dhoti and bare upper body, wearing a beaded head band and gold necklace, holds a lit aarti lamp with flames before a silver deity murti adorned with white and pink garlands. A brass oil lamp burns on a stone pedestal in front of the murti, with offerings of flowers and a coconut below. On the right, a man in an orange top and gold-bordered saffron cloth stands near smoke from incense, partly cropped at the frame edge. The arch behind the murti is decorated with orange and white floral garlands.2012-06-05A photograph of a temple ritual in a gold-ornate shrine. In the centre, a figure seated on a jewelled red cushioned throne is draped with long garlands of white, red and green flowers and wears a red robe, gold ornaments and a maroon head covering. A priest in the foreground, seen from behind with dark hair and an orange cloth over the shoulder, holds a lit lamp or flame toward the seated figure's face, as in an aarti. The throne is framed by gilded carved pillars and a golden arch.2019-01-04