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February 08 20122012-02-08July 08 20122012-07-08July 08 20122012-07-08A small roadside shrine is seen through a yellow metal grille gate that is partly open. Inside the shrine, a deity murti with a red cloth and a green garland sits on a tiled platform beneath a painted pink and red canopy decorated with a Vishnu-style urdhva pundra mark. Oil lamps and small offerings are placed at its base, and a brass vessel stands at the right. Painted red and blue pillars frame the shrine. Through the gate, a street with parked motorcycles is visible.2012-07-08January 03 20182018-01-03June 05 20122012-06-05A photograph of a small colourful Hindu shrine with a grey-blue stone base and a multi-tiered painted superstructure topped by a green figure of a deity holding a mace, flanked by palm trees. Inside the grilled double gate, a deity murti in yellow garments is visible behind a garland, with small oil lamps burning on the threshold and scattered flower petals on the steps. No people are present in the scene.2009-08-08Photograph through a barred steel gate of a temple shrine lit by a bright overhead light. Inside stands a dark stone deity murti with multiple arms, a crown, and a garland of red and yellow flowers draped over its shoulders. The figure wears a red and gold dhoti with a green sash and a white cloth. A small oil lamp flame glows at the right side, and a padlock secures the gate. No physical people are visible.2022-02-07A shrine niche framed in carved golden wood with an open wooden door. Inside, a dark-faced deity murti stands beneath an ornate gold arch, wearing a crown, a red and gold cloth, white and purple flower garlands and a beaded necklace, holding a long staff. Blue patterned cloth hangs behind it. Brass pots, a small lamp and a golden bowl sit in front on a platform carved with footprints and faces. A framed picture of a robed figure with hands folded hangs to the right, and the upper wall displays painted red and white drapery. No people are visible.2006-10-28Dim stone shrine interior with a carved niche framed by a multicoloured arch of green, red and yellow painted ornamentation. Inside the niche stands a small deity murti draped with a yellow-and-white flower garland, a small oil lamp burning before it. Dark-red and maroon cloth lies across the stone platform, with brass vessels, a clay pot, flower offerings of marigolds and red blossoms, and a bundle of dried straw in front. A framed picture of a deity hangs on the left pillar and a printed notice is pinned on the right wall. No people are visible in this photograph of an archival temple scene.A photograph of a temple doorway with an arched golden-toned frame decorated with floral motifs and rows of small oil lamps set into its edges and along a dark vertical pillar. Two brass bells hang from the top of the frame. Inside the doorway, a black stone Shiva lingam sits on a yoni base beneath a brass arched prabhavali backdrop, with a silver face or mukha in front and a small brass kalasha vessel at its base. A blue cloth hangs on the wall behind and a small lamp flickers at the right. No people are visible.2006-11-09February 08 20122012-02-08