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May 14 2006

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Dusk outdoor scene at a shrine. A deity murti in white and dark stone stands within an ornate silver arch, adorned with garlands of orange, yellow and red flowers and a tan rope-like garland. A red heap of offerings or powder surrounds its base. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair, bare-backed and wearing an orange cloth wrap, stands with hands folded in prayer before the shrine. Several other people in dark clothing are visible in the background among trees.2007-02-14November 05 20072007-11-05September 17 20112011-09-17December 11 20062006-12-11September 29 20062006-09-29 +1 copiesOutdoor shrine under dense tree canopy. A bare-backed man in an orange-saffron cloth worships a white and dark stone deity murti standing within an ornate silver arch, its head and body draped in garlands of yellow marigolds and multicoloured flowers. A red-cloth-covered base sits beneath it, with a smaller Shiva-linga-like form adorned with flower garlands and a red tilak mark in front. A decorated palanquin or ornate seat with gold and red embellishments rests at the left edge. The worshipper, with long dark hair, faces the shrine with hands in front of him, in a puja setting.2006-10-07April 03 20082008-04-03 +1 copiesDusk at an outdoor shrine beneath a large banyan tree with dense overhead branches. A figure with long dark hair in an orange-saffron garment stands at left, holding a lit flame in a lamp or torch as an arati offering. Before them is a stone-framed arched niche with a dark stone deity murti or lingam wrapped in white cloth and garlanded with flowers, a metal kalasha or pot placed in front. Brass lamps, a plate of offerings and a small flame sit on a mat around a pebble-lined base edged in black and white stones, with a pink flower at the base. No other people are visible.2005-08-11August 11 20052005-08-11September 29 20062006-09-29 +1 copiesAugust 11 20052005-08-11A dark stone statue of a seated figure in an orange-saffron shawl and an orange head cloth, adorned with white and multicoloured flower garlands, sits within an ornate silver arch frame in an outdoor setting at dusk, surrounded by a large tree with hanging aerial roots. A small seated devotee in white dhoti and white head cloth with a red shawl sits on the ground at the lower left, near a golden ornamental object. The statue rests on a dark stone plinth bearing a small inscribed nameplate.2009-09-06