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January 12 2007

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May 09 20122012-05-09 +3 copiesMay 09 20122012-05-09 +1 copiesA photo of a temple interior with a standing young man in an orange saffron robe and orange turban, hands pressed together in namaste, wearing long strings of gold beads and rudraksha malas. Beside him a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a sacred thread holds a multi-flame brass oil lamp lit with flames, offering aarti. Behind them stand several men in white and shirts with hands folded, and small golden deity figures sit on a shelf above in the background. The scene is a devotional aarti in a temple with a grille gate on the right.2004-07-26 +2 copiesMay 28 20122012-05-28 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple ritual in an illuminated shrine framed by a gold arch of string lights. On the right, a figure in an orange robe and matching orange head wrap, with long dark hair, holds a lit flame over a brass plate; a deity murti with a dark face and red garment stands behind. In the centre, a bare-chested priest with white ash markings on his body, a sacred thread and a green-and-red waist cloth holds a plate of offerings. On the left, an elderly man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands with hands joined. The shrine behind holds a gilded seat and a small lamp at the floor.2004-07-26 +2 copiesMay 28 20122012-05-28 +1 copiesMay 28 20122012-05-28 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple sanctum during a puja. In the foreground a man in a white dhoti with a white shawl holds a lit lamp or ritual object above a lingam-like shrine; flames and oil lamps glow in the lower right. A woman in an orange-red sari with a bright red blouse and jasmine garland stands beside him, and a young woman in a green sari with flowers in her hair also stands nearby. A bare-chested man in dhoti stands behind them, and additional devotees' heads and shoulders are visible at the left edge. Garlands and brass vessels are on a narrow ledge. The setting appears to be a Shiva temple shrine.2012-05-16May 28 20122012-05-28 +1 copiesA temple procession scene with a decorated silver palanquin draped in red and flowers, and orange marigold garlands hanging above. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a sacred thread and a green-bordered white cloth raises a long ceremonial lamp toward the palanquin. Beside him, a young man in saffron-orange robes and a red-gold headdress holds up a tall oil lamp with both hands, and another man in an orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads stands to the right with hands pressed together. The setting is a stone-walled hall with devotees behind. Aarti is being performed for the palanquin.2012-06-05May 28 20122012-05-28 +1 copies