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A photo of an aarti offering before a deity murti seated on a gilded throne. The murti wears a golden crown, a white and gold embellished garment, a green and orange silk lower garment, and is draped with thick garlands of yellow, white and red flowers. A man in a saffron-orange shawl and rudraksha mala holds a lit silver oil lamp with flames toward the murti, with smoke rising. Two attendants stand behind him: one in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala, the other in orange garments and a white headband. Dark red curtains form the backdrop. Lamp offering and deity worship, with the deity murti as the focal point.

November 05 2013

Temple ritual photograph in a dimly lit shrine. Three priests in saffron-red and gold-bordered dhotis stand before a large deity murti heavily decorated with garlands of yellow, white, pink and green flowers. The central priest wears a tall gold-patterned crown and a white and red bead necklace, holding a shallow silver bowl. The priest at left wears a red turban and red garland, reaching forward toward the bowl. The rightmost priest, bald and bare-chested, wears a rudraksha-style mala and gold-edged cloth and holds a small plate. A third attendant in a cream cap stands in the background beside brass lamps and offering vessels.

Photograph of a temple abhishekam or puja scene before a deity murti. In the foreground a priest in an orange shawl and orange dhoti holds a brass plate, seen from behind. Beside him a figure with long hair and a maroon turban wears a garland of pink, purple and white flowers, a rudraksha-style wrap and gold armbands. The central deities are gold-faced murti in ornate jewellery, one wearing a crown with a crescent moon and the other a tall jewelled crown. Yellow and red marigold garlands and a gold arched backdrop surround them, with a gold ornamental offering vessel in front.

December 19 2016

Priests perform a puja before a golden deity murti adorned with a crown, a red and white floral garland and a white embroidered garment, framed by garlands of yellow, red and white flowers. Two bare-chested priests in orange dhotis with white ash markings on their arms and backs hold up hands in worship, one holding a kalasha-like vessel. A flame glows at lower left. The figure in the centre is a deity murti, not a person, and no visible person is identified as a person.

2016-12-19 +1 copies

September 27 2017

A seated person in an orange-red dhoti and wrap with a rudraksha mala and gold necklace performs aarti with a flaming camphor lamp and a handbell before a decorated deity murti. The murti is draped in white and gold, garlanded with white jasmine and pink and red flowers, and a silver-topped shivalinga sits in front, also garlanded. The seated figure's dress, mala and gold ornaments are distinctive, but the face alone gives no basis for identification, so no name is asserted. A yellow satin cloth covers the altar, and a leopard-print cushion lies beneath the seated person. Another person stands partly visible at the right edge. The scene is a temple-style puja with a visible aarti flame.

2014-06-19 +1 copies

July 18 2013

A photograph of a puja in an indoor hall with pale walls and an air conditioner unit. On the left, a priest with a shaved-back topknot, white forehead markings, and an orange-and-gold dhoti with a garland of white flowers over his shoulder holds a silver tray with a small bowl toward a deity murti. Beside him, a shaven-headed devotee in orange clothes with rudraksha beads and gold armbands stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. The murti is a deity in a golden arched shrine decorated with multicolour garlands, a crown and jewelled ornaments, sitting on a blue-draped base with a brass oil lamp nearby. Mostly bare-looking white setting with a red curtain at left.

A photograph of a temple shrine with a golden-framed arch behind a seated pair of deity murtis draped in orange and red cloth with garlands of marigolds and green leaves. The figures on the throne wear crowns and jewelled necklaces. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti and shawl holds a silver tray. Beside the deities stands a figure in orange robe and rudraksha mala with long hair and forehead marks, holding a garland; he is a sannyasi-style devotee and his appearance is not clearly identifiable, so no identification is made. The shrine is roofed with stone and red curtains hang at the side.

A night-time ritual at an outdoor temple-style pavilion. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with an orange-and-gold shawl waves a ceremonial fan or chamara over a decorated structure garlanded with yellow and white flowers and red roses, topped with a pink element and offerings. Smoke drifts from the left. Behind, another white-clad man in a rudraksha mala and a bearded man stand near the ritual, with cameras on tripods at the edge. Brass oil lamps and a hanging garland border the scene, with striped and yellow decorations overhead. The ritual appears to be a puja or abhishekam; no deity form is clearly visible.