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A open-sided shrine under a corrugated roof with red metal pillars, housing a grey stone temple structure with a golden arched niche. Inside, several painted deity murti stand or sit, including a central figure with a red and orange garment and garlands, flanked by smaller figures. Two large black stone dvarapala guardian statues stand in the foreground, each wearing white dhoti and yellow-and-red flower garlands. Trees surround the shrine, and a red curtain hangs at the right side. No physical people are visible.

A photograph of an outdoor shrine under a thatched open-sided pavilion with red metal posts. Central stone shrine houses a deity murti pair: a figure with multiple arms and a crown, beside a consort in a green-and-blue sari, both garlanded with white and orange flower strings. Below, a smaller seated figure with garlands and a cloth backdrop of green and red curtains. Above, a painted arch holds a seated couple with a bull and a white Nandi pair flanking the roof. Brass lamps and a hanging bell stand in front, with greenery behind. No people are visible in the scene, only statues.

A stone shrine canopy decorated with multicoloured flower garlands in red, yellow, purple and white draped along the eaves. Inside, a gilded deity murti of a standing male and female figure is adorned with garlands, with a large central flower garland and a rose garland at the base. Brass oil lamps stand on either side, and a small shrine with a seated figure is at the right. Two standing people in white at left and a figure at far right are partly visible near the shrine, with a red curtain hanging at the left side.

A stone shrine structure with a gold-framed arch and red curtains houses a group of carved deity murtis. The central figure is a seated deity with multiple arms holding objects, flanked by smaller standing figures. Brass lamps stand before the central figure, which is adorned with floral garlands and a large ornate necklace. Two dark stone guardian figures stand at the sides wearing white dhoti and garlands, and red curtains hang at the right edge. Greenery and a red-painted pillar frame the shrine. No living people are visible.

A photograph of a temple shrine decorated with multicoloured flower garlands in red, yellow, orange, purple and green. Two gold-coloured deity murtis stand in front, with ornate gold and jewelled crowns and necklaces, draped in flower garlands; a second pair of smaller metal-like deity murtis sits in the foreground beneath a golden arch. Behind them, a larger deity murti with multiple arms and a red headdress stands within a flower-decorated arch. Brass oil lamps stand on either side, and red and green cloth draping and green canopy edges frame the stone pillared shrine. A person in red clothing is partly visible at the lower right, bending near the base, apparently performing a pada-puja. No a person candidate is visible.

November 22 2015

A photograph of an outdoor shrine with a grey stone mandapa and red-orange curtains on both sides. Inside, a deity murti of a seated goddess with a crown, flanked by two standing figures, is draped with red and multicolour flower garlands. Brass oil lamps stand in rows around the shrine, and the lower platform holds three garlanded murtis: two female figures in orange and red sarees flanking a central male deity with a crown. Rose petals and marigolds are scattered on the floor. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears in the frame.

A temple shrine under a stone-pillared canopy with a striped roof and a carved gable above. Behind, three deity murtis are dressed with garlands of yellow, orange and green flowers and adorned with gold ornaments; two figures flank them in red and gold garments with garlands. In the foreground, a man in a red-and-gold garment and a thick gold-and-red garland, with a white-striped tilak, stands before a darkened platform, while another priest in red with a white forehead band attends at left. A person with a white forehead band and shaved head is visible at lower left. The central figure has long dark hair swept up in a high bun and a red-orange wrap with a gold chain, which fits the appearance-based cues for a person, though this is uncertain. Several people stand near the foreground.

June 20 2015

A photograph of a stone shrine with a gold-framed arch holding a deity murti of a seated couple, with a kalasha-like central figure and garlanded statues. The seated male figure wears orange and green dress, a red garland and a crown, and holds a trident-like object; the seated female figure wears red and a gold crown with a garland. Two standing attendant statues flank the arch, one in green and purple, one in red and dark attire, all wearing marigold garlands. Large dark guardian statues in white dhoti with garlands stand at the sides. Brass lamps and a flower-decorated altar sit in front, with a red cloth hanging to the right and a red-and-white pole structure around the shrine.