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September 18 20062006-09-18Photograph inside a dim stone temple shrine at night. A man with long, swept-back dark hair in an orange saffron robe stands centre, reaching toward a brass plate with a lit oil lamp held by a bare-chested priest with white tripundra markings on his forehead and arms, a rudraksha-style mala and a cream dhoti. At left, a man in a white shirt with an orange shawl watches. Behind them a Shiva lingam is draped with a white cloth and garlanded with marigolds, flanked by brass oil lamps on tall stands and gold-framed doorway panels. a person appears as the orange-robed figure with long hair, a candidate in the ritual scene.2006-09-18March 01 20182018-03-01 +1 copiesMarch 01 20182018-03-01A woman in a maroon sari with a green and yellow garland and gold bangles holds a brass aarti plate with a lit oil flame and red and white offerings toward a deity murti inside a small stone shrine lit from above. A man with bare head and glasses wears an orange robe and stands with palms joined in prayer beside her. A hanging brass oil lamp and chain hang at the right edge, and the murti is decorated with flower garlands.2014-07-01June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesPhotograph inside a golden-framed shrine niche with marble walls. A bald elderly man with a white forehead marking, a dark rudraksha mala, gold armlets and a gold-trimmed red-orange dhoti and shawl stands at left, bare-chested, gesturing toward the shrine. At right, a younger man in white dhoti and white shawl, with a beaded bracelet, holds a brass plate and lamp toward a dark stone deity murti dressed in white cloth, flower garlands and a pink flower. Two lit oil lamps stand on the altar, and a yellow cloth backs the niche. A partial figure in white is visible at far left edge.2012-05-11March 01 20182018-03-01March 01 20182018-03-01A shrine room inside a temple sanctum with a doorway framing the scene. A priest in an orange-red garment with a gold-bordered shawl, wearing gold necklaces and a head ornament, lifts a lit oil lamp toward a decorated shrine. Pink flower garlands hang around the arched niche and a deity murti is partly hidden within the garlands. Brass vessels and offerings sit on a stone altar, with flower petals scattered on the floor. A man in white dhoti and shawl on the right holds a metal vessel. Another figure in orange stands at the left edge, and an older person in white is partly visible behind the altar. Small lamps glow along the walls.2012-06-04Photograph of a temple abhishekam at night inside a stone-pillared shrine. A standing figure in saffron-orange robes, with a rudraksha mala and ornate necklaces, holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) before a dark stone Shivalinga on a black yoni-peetha base, with smoke rising from the lamp. Two assistants in white dhotis and orange-striped shawls stand behind him. On the right, a large deity murti dressed in orange and purple silk is decorated with garlands of marigolds. A small pale seated statue sits on the left edge of the basin. Devotees are partly visible in the background.2009-12-16A photograph of a temple aarti or puja at an illuminated shrine niche with a carved white arch and a silver-framed altar. An elderly bare-chested man with a grey-white head and a dark rudraksha mala stands at centre with a flame or lamp held before a golden deity murti, a dark-skinned priest in a white shawl and gold-edged cloth holds a brass plate, and a younger attendant in saffron-orange cloth with a flower garland stands at left. Red flowers, brass pots and a golden lamp stand on the altar. a person is the elderly central figure, identified by the rudraksha mala and bare-chested presentation; he is performing the ritual, not seated on a throne, and the other two are a priest and devotees.2012-05-13 +1 copies