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January 13 2015

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A priest in orange and saffron robes and a matching orange turban performs aarti, holding a brass lamp with a bright flame aloft in both hands at a shrine. He wears a rudraksha mala and gold bangles. Behind him, a deity murti is decorated with a dense garland of marigolds, red and yellow flowers. Two other robed attendants stand in the background beside a stone pillar with carved figures. At the lower edge, several devotees with orange head cloths and their hands raised are visible.2015-01-13A priest in a rust-orange turban and matching draped robes stands at a ceremonial altar, holding a lit camphor flame in a brass aarti plate with one hand and a brass handbell in the other. He wears a long white and orange flower garland and a large gold pendant. Behind him is a tall pillar of multicoloured garlands in purple, yellow, green and red. Brass lamps, a kalasha and a peacock-shaped brass object sit on the red floor cloth. Several devotees stand with folded hands and others sit in orange robes in a hall with framed photographs on the walls, a monitor showing a live feed, and a red curtain. a person probable: the aarti priest is the.2014-06-12January 05 20142014-01-05A man in a rust-orange turban and matching orange-red robe holds a brass aarti plate with a lit flame, performing an aarti before a deity murti. The murti is adorned with yellow and red flower garlands, a silver crown and a gold cloth backdrop. The man wears a rudraksha mala with gold ornaments, gold bangles and spectacles, with white sacred ash marks on his arm. Flickering lamp light and a gold-embossed pillar fill the background.2015-11-18December 14 20162016-12-14June 08 20172017-06-08A shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes and a gold-threaded sacred thread stands at left, raising a long brass ritual lamp or arati vessel with his right arm toward a shrine. Behind him a white-robed attendant is partly visible at the left edge. The shrine holds large gold-crowned deity murti decorated with red and yellow garlands, and a seated white figure in orange robe and orange turban sits in front of them. Carved grey stone pillars, gold railings and a red cloth frame the shrine, with golden figures of deities in the foreground.2010-11-12October 29 20162016-10-29A man in a rust-red turban with a small gold ornament and a tilak on his forehead stands before a deity murti decorated with dense garlands of yellow, orange, red and pink flowers. He wears a rudraksha-style bead mala and a flower garland over a rust-red garment, and he holds a brass aarti lamp with a bright flame in one hand and a bell in the other, performing a puja. Smoke rises in the background near a window, and another person in a red turban stands behind him. a person: the man has long swept-back hair under the turban, saffron-toned ceremonial dress, rudraksha beads and gold jewellery, consistent with a ceremonial presentation, but the identification is appearance-based and uncertain.2016-12-14A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a man in a rust-red turban and rust-brown robe, with a rudraksha-style bead bracelet and a white and pink flower garland, holding a lit oil lamp aloft before a deity. Smoke rises from the flame. To the right stands a large deity murti heavily decorated with yellow, red and white flower garlands and gold ornaments. Another person in saffron-orange clothing with long hair is partly visible at the left edge, and a brass vessel rests on the floor. The setting is a carved stone and wood temple interior, consistent with aarti being performed. The man appears to be a priest or devotee rather than a confirmed identity, and no readable name is visible.2016-12-14Photo of a temple ritual before a large golden deity murti of Shiva with a pink-red cloth draped over its lower body, decorated with multicoloured flower garlands in red, yellow, purple and green. A standing priest in orange-brown dhoti and shawl, with a red flower garland on his head, raises a ritual lamp or vessel toward the deity. Two more men in orange-brown robes stand on the left with hands folded in prayer, one holding a small bell. A black shivalinga-style stone stands in front of the deity on a dark pedestal, and a golden figure with a gold-toned face and rudraksha beads stands at the right edge. Ornate gilded arches frame the shrine. Visible ritual abhishekam or aarti before the murti.2015-02-17 +1 copiesApril 30 20152015-04-30