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July 06 2015

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October 19 20152015-10-19Close view of a decorated ritual arrangement on a wooden platform. Three brass kalasha pots are wrapped with white and orange marigold garlands, green leaves and rudraksha beads, topped with coconuts and a green banana leaf beneath them. Two carved wooden figures with folded hands, one with a long grey beard and red dhoti, flank the arrangement, decorated with yellow marigold garlands. A cloth in green and gold border drapes above. No people are visible.2015-10-19February 16 20162016-02-16 +2 copiesSeptember 19 20152015-09-19May 02 20172017-05-02Close view of a decorated shrine tableau at night showing three ornate kalasha pots with gold-beaded and jewelled embellishment, hung with white jasmine garlands and decorated with mango leaves and coconuts on top. The pot at centre is white and maroon-beaded; the left pot is orange with silver and gold beadwork. Flanking the pots are two painted figurines of seated devotees with praying hands, one in red, and a pink and gold silk cloth draped beneath. No living people are visible.2014-10-27May 02 20172017-05-02A shaven-headed, bare-chested priest in an orange upper cloth and yellow-green dhoti performs aarti with a multi-wick brass oil lamp, its flames rising, before a richly decorated deity murti. The murti is draped in thick garlands of red, yellow and white flowers, with gold crowns and ornaments visible. Rudraksha beads hang around the priest's neck and wrists, and smoke drifts through an ornate temple hall with red pillars and a painted ceiling.2012-04-05April 03 20172017-04-03April 30 20152015-04-30April 14 20182018-04-14 +1 copiesA priest with a bare upper body and a yellow-and-green cloth wrapped on his head performs a ritual at a decorated altar. He wears a white dhoti and a beaded necklace, and holds a small brass vessel and green leaves over a tiered altar. The altar is covered in red and white flower garlands, with red-and-white flower heaps and clay figurines of seated sages in saffron-red garments. Golden temple carvings and a red curtain frame the scene. The setting suggests a temple puja or abhishekam.2016-07-02