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A photograph inside a stone shrine at a temple with carved granite pillars and a gold-framed arched niche. A figure in a long saffron-orange robe with long dark hair stands at left, one arm raised in blessing toward the shrine. The shrine holds a large deity murti with a painted face, a red and gold crown, and garlands, flanked by a second figure in red and blue silk. Below, a smaller seated figure in orange is garlanded and set on a white cloth, with brass oil lamps on either side. Red curtains hang at the edges and a dark stone relief panel sits to the right. The person at left is a sannyasi-dressed figure; the shrine figures are statues, not living people. a person identity cannot be confirmed from appearance.

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A photograph inside a temple shrine with gold-toned carved walls. In the left foreground a smiling man with long dark hair, wearing rust-orange robes and layered rudraksha and gold-bead malas, stands with palms pressed together in greeting. Behind him, a large deity murti pair stands draped in colourful garlands of red, yellow, purple and white flowers, with a gold crown and ornaments, beneath a gilded arch. To the right, a smaller garlanded murti sits on a gilded seat. Brass vessels, a lamp and offering items sit on the altar in front. Overall, a Hindu temple worship setting with floral decoration. The man is an appearance-based a person candidate with distinctive long hair and rudraksha malas and saffron-orange robes.

A photograph inside a temple shrine hall with a richly decorated deity murti behind a stone platform, draped with garlands in yellow, red and white. A smiling man in a violet dhoti and deep red border walks forward down the centre, wearing a rudraksha mala, a gold pendant and gold armlets. Behind him at left, a shaved-headed attendant in orange robes carries a long staff. Two white-clad people stand at the right side beside metal railings, one with hands folded in namaste, and a striped umbrella and green fan-leaf canopies frame the scene. The man's appearance is not sufficient to establish identity, so he is described by role only.

A man with long dark hair stands on a raised stone platform in a temple pavilion, wearing an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, a gold chain necklace of ornate beads, and raising his right hand in blessing. Behind him seated deity murtis are decorated with garlands of marigolds in orange, yellow, purple and white; the central figure wears an orange crown and the figure on the right has an orange-and-purple dress. In front, a statue of a seated figure in orange robes is garlanded, with brass puja vessels, a brass oil lamp and a kalasha-style offering on a silver tray. Red curtains frame the pavilion.

A temple shrine with a grey stone base and carved pillars holds a golden-arched niche containing two large deity murtis seated side by side, each with a red and gold crown, garlands, and a kalasha placed before them. A shaved-headed man in saffron robes sits cross-legged at the shrine base on the left, and in the foreground a man in an orange-and-gold dhoti and shawl, wearing rudraksha malas and gold bangles, walks toward the viewer with a red-tinted face mark. A red curtain hangs at left and a small golden figure stands in a side niche at right. Two people are physically present in the scene.

A photograph of a stone shrine with carved pillars and a golden arched frame. Inside, a large deity murti pair stands on a pink-draped backdrop, one figure in a blue skirt and the other in a red sari, both adorned with garlands and gold ornaments. In front, a decorated seated figure is garlanded with flowers, flanked by two smaller seated figures in orange and red robes with a brass lamp. In the foreground, a person in an orange sleeveless robe with cropped dark hair stands with their back to the camera, hands raised before the shrine, with a lit oil lamp and flower offerings on the stone ledge.