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A photograph of a temple courtyard with an orange-painted wall and a corrugated roof. A priest in an orange sleeveless top and red-orange dhoti holds a lit flame on a metal dish near a stone shrine platform decorated with garlands of red, orange and yellow flowers and green foliage. He wears a rudraksha-style necklace and a knotted hair bun. Beside him, a younger attendant in an orange robe and gold necklace, with a sandal mark on his forehead, holds a silver tray with small lamps. A tall brass lamp stand stands at right. Other flowers and a red-orange curtain frame the scene, and the dish is an aarti or flame offering.

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October 18 20102010-10-18October 18 20102010-10-18 +2 copiesA temple courtyard with a red and white painted wall and a corrugated roof. In the centre, a man in an orange sleeveless top and orange-red dhoti holds a lit flame over a stone altar decorated with red, yellow and orange flowers and green foliage. Smoke rises from the flame. To the left, a shaved-headed priest in orange robes and a gold-bead necklace holds a silver tray. A brass lamp stands on the right beside a metal gate hung with garlands. Stone carvings decorate the altar base. No printed name or caption is visible.2010-10-18 +1 copiesOctober 18 20102010-10-18 +1 copiesA photograph in a temple courtyard shows a devotee in orange sleeveless top and orange dhoti holding a lit oil lamp with a flame toward a shrine. Beside the shrine, a seated figure in orange robes and a white beard sits on a green cushion, surrounded by red and yellow flower garlands and gold lamp stands. A priest in orange robes and a garland stands at left holding a silver plate and tray. Behind them a red-and-white painted wall and a black notice board hang near a red metal gate with yellow marigolds. The scene is an everyday temple ritual of aarti before a deity murti or guru image.2010-10-18 +1 copiesNovember 12 20102010-11-12June 05 20122012-06-05Photograph of a temple ritual at dusk in front of a dark stone Shivalinga, which is decorated with yellow and orange flowers and petals. A smiling man in saffron robes with a sash over one shoulder raises his right arm high, flicking or scattering petals. Beside him stands a bald, bespectacled priest in saffron robes with a beaded rudraksha-style mala, holding a silver plate of flowers. A bearded man in orange robes at left holds a lit oil lamp, and another robed attendant stands behind. Ornate golden pillars, a brass oil lamp and a red curtain form the background.2010-01-02 +1 copiesNovember 26 20142014-11-26July 07 20092009-07-07A photograph of a temple shrine with a woman in orange sannyasi-style clothes holding a lit camphor flame on a plate toward a deity murti, seated in a golden-hued shrine decorated with red and yellow marigold garlands and flowers. Brass lamps stand on the stone platform, and a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and bare shaved head stands at left holding a tray. Smoke rises from the flame under an open thatched shelter, with an orange and white painted wall behind.2010-10-18 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05