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A seated man in an orange-yellow dhoti with a green-bordered cloth, bare-chested with white tripundra markings on his arms and chest, extends his hands palms-down toward a decorated deity murti during a homa or puja. A red coral rudraksha-style mala hangs on his chest. Two attendant priests in white dhotis sit nearby, one behind him and one on the left. Brass oil lamps, silver bowls of offerings, marigold and rose petals, and a green-draped shrine with garlanded images surround the scene in a dim, warmly lit hall.2015-07-16Temple ritual inside an unfinished hall with exposed scaffolding and bamboo poles. Three priests attend a golden-framed deity murti decorated with red and white flower garlands and green leaves. A priest in the foreground, bare-chested with a yellow and blue dhoti, holds a tray and offers incense smoke over the altar. Another priest in a white dhoti and yellow-bordered cloth stands nearby with a shawl over his shoulder. A tiered stone yagna altar with flower garlands and white offerings sits before them, along with a red-draped table, brass lamps and a jackfruit.2018-03-02A photograph of a Hindu ritual inside a temple-like hall decorated with gold arches and pink drapes. A bare-chested elderly priest with white sacred markings on his arms and a pink-and-gold dhoti sits at left, extending his hand over a stone fire pit with offerings. Beside him a younger man in a bare-chested pose assists. At centre, a seated man wears a woven straw hat, a pink shawl, a white sacred thread and flower garlands, with a silver bowl before him. Behind them stand large deity murtis draped in yellow and red-and-yellow garlands, one in gold crown and yellow robes. Brass plates, banana leaves, flowers and kalasha pots fill the foreground. The ritual appears to be a homa or puja.2013-07-18August 31 20152015-08-31July 16 20152015-07-16A photograph of a temple shrine adorned with garlands of red, orange, yellow and purple flowers. Two golden deity murtis sit on a raised seat: the left figure wears an orange turban and a rudraksha-style necklace, and the right figure wears a gold crown and ornate jewellery, with a gold kalasha-like object in front. A person in an orange-brown dress with yellow borders stands at the left, holding a lit oil lamp toward the murtis as part of a puja. Brass oil lamps stand at the edges of the frame. The person is dressed in orange and does not show distinctive a person cues strong enough to label them, so the a person field is unsure.2013-04-14April 14 20132013-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14 +1 copiesA seated man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala with gold beads pours white liquid from a gold kalasha onto a white conical shivalinga-style form on a plinth in a temple shrine. He wears a red bindi and white tilak markings and looks down in concentration. Behind him stand a red and gold silk drape, a garland of white and pink flowers, and a gold-framed arch. Another person in orange robes is partly visible at the left edge. The scene suggests an abhishekam ritual.2009-10-17July 18 20132013-07-18A temple puja scene where a priest in a red-orange dhoti and matching shawl, with gold bangles, raises a lit camphor flame in a brass arati lamp with one hand while ringing a handheld brass bell with the other. Behind the flame, a large deity murti with a gold crown and gold jewellery is adorned with thick garlands of red, yellow, purple and white flowers. Adjacent to it, a second statue wears a red and gold shawl and a rose-coloured garland. Fresh flower garlands drape the central golden metal sanctum object, and a gold deity figure with its hands in anjali sits on a gilded throne-like seat. The setting is a pillared stone hall with wooden lattice windows.2015-01-04April 14 20182018-04-14 +1 copies