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December 10 2009

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July 19 20102010-07-19November 14 20102010-11-14Devotees stand in two lines along metal railings inside a covered hall, facing a central aisle toward a shrine. On the left, men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with folded hands, stand in prayer; on the right, women wear sarees, including one in a red-and-gold border with a long braid, and some carry a small child. At the end of the aisle is a shrine with a large deity murti in pink and purple garments and a gold arch behind, with a framed picture on an orange stand, a red chair, and a brass oil lamp in front. No one is visibly seated in the chair.2009-12-10November 14 20102010-11-14July 19 20102010-07-19Outdoor temple scene under a covered walkway with a crowd of devotees pressed behind metal railings, palms joined in namaskar. A saffron-robed figure with a shaved head walks barefoot toward a shrine holding a brass oil lamp, while another saffron-robed figure stands with palms joined on the right. The shrine has an arched golden frame, orange curtains, colourful striped pillars, and a deity murti adorned with garlands, with a framed portrait and flowers below. Devotees wear white shirts, a blue sweater, yellow and teal saris, and jasmine garlands in their hair.2009-12-13January 17 20102010-01-17October 10 20102010-10-10November 07 20102010-11-07A photograph of devotees queuing for darshan at a shrine with a large deity murti dressed in a blue garment and garlanded with marigold and white flower strands, a red-and-gold crown on the head, and brass lamps in front. Orange curtains frame the open shrine. A man in a white dhoti with a yellow shawl stands at the rail in front of the murti, and a woman in white stands to the right. Crowded devotees in white shirts, saris, salwar kameez and orange and pink garments stand in a line, a child among them. Stone carved pillars and trees are visible at the back.2010-07-03 +1 copiesA photograph of devotees gathered at a shrine in an open-sided pavilion with grey carved stone pillars and orange curtains. Inside, a deity murti pair is decorated with garlands in red, yellow and green, with brass lamps on either side and a gilded arch behind. Devotees in white clothes stand in the foreground; one man on the right presses his palms together in namaste. Others in white, yellow and orange saris and shirts walk in the foreground. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible among the people.2010-07-22October 03 20082008-10-03