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June 08 2017

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A man in a rust-red dhoti and bare upper body, wearing orange-red bangles, a gold chain and a rudraksha-style necklace, stands at left and performs a lamp ritual with a lit wick held in his hands. Beside him stands a tall brass oil lamp with a bird finial and a lit flame. At right, a deity murti dressed in a red and gold brocade garment with a red crown is decorated with long garlands of white, yellow, red and purple flowers. A gilded throne and a brass lamp stand in front, with a painted backdrop of a hill and temple tower behind. The man appears to be a person by appearance cues of long hair, ornate necklaces and orange ceremonial dress, performing aarti before the murti.2017-06-08June 08 20172017-06-08June 08 20172017-06-08January 04 20152015-01-04June 08 20172017-06-08December 22 20182018-12-22 +1 copiesJune 08 20172017-06-08A photograph of a temple-style puja on a stage before a glowing backdrop. Centre, a bearded man with long dark hair, wearing a deep maroon dhoti and a multicolour flower garland in purple, yellow and white, and layered gold ornaments, stands beside a richly decorated deity murti seated on a gold-and-floral throne. The murti wears a gold crown, pink and gold silk and a flower garland. To the left, a man with a shaved head and orange-saffron dhoti and wrap extends his hands toward the central figure. Brass oil lamps stand on the stage, a gold umbrella canopy hangs above the throne, and fruit and offerings sit in the foreground. A large golden statue of a female figure with hands in anjali stands at right.2018-04-25April 21 20132013-04-21A seated priest in saffron-orange robes with a gold-bordered dhoti and a gold armlet performs a ritual before a decorated deity murti. The murti is adorned with white jasmine garlands, red flowers and a red-and-gold ornate necklace, and stands on a yellow silk-draped platform. In front, a clear spatika linga sits under a mound of white and red flower garlands. The priest wears a rudraksha mala with a sandalwood-and-white tilak on his forehead and holds his hands together in front of the linga. A brass lamp with a lit wick is at right, and a leopard-print cloth lies at lower left.2014-06-30A priest in a rust-red robe and matching turban holds a lit oil lamp aloft toward a richly decorated shrine during an aarti. He wears a red and white rudraksha-style mala and a bracelet. Behind him stand two attendants in white dhotis and ceremonial headwear, one in a patterned conical cap and one in a white turban, one holding a tray. The shrine is decorated with garlands of yellow, pink, red and white flowers, and gilded deity figures and a golden throne stand in the background, with a gold crescent-marked figure in the centre. The setting is an interior temple sanctum with stone walls and wooden doors.2014-12-05January 1st 2013