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April 14 20132013-04-14April 14 20132013-04-14 +1 copiesJanuary 1st 2013A photograph of a devotee performing worship before a gold-adorned deity pair seated on a throne-like altar. The central figures are gilded murtis of a male deity holding a trident and a female deity in a red and pink sari with a gold crown, adorned with heavy gold necklaces and garlands. A priest with a rudraksha mala around his neck and a red-brown dhoti extends his hand toward the shivalingam on the altar, which is decorated with flowers. The altar is surrounded by long garlands of red, yellow, orange and purple flowers arranged in an arch. Another person in white stands at the left edge, partly visible.2015-02-17 +1 copiesDecember 02 20172017-12-02April 14 20132013-04-14 +1 copiesJanuary 06 20192019-01-06A photograph of a temple abhishekam ritual before two large deity statues in a golden shrine arch. A man in orange robes with a bare upper body sits on the left, waving a white fan or whisk over a small orange-robed figure seated on a white-draped platform in front of the statues. The seated deity pair above wears garlands of yellow and red flowers; the central figure holds a trident and wears a red and gold crown, while the consort wears a magenta and green sari. Gold oil lamps stand on both sides, and a golden palanquin on the right is heaped with rose petals and yellow and red flower garlands. Offerings of fruit, a brass bowl and a plate of petals sit on the stone platform in the foreground.2010-07-21December 22 20182018-12-22A temple puja scene before a golden deity murti of Shiva and Parvati, adorned with a crown, jewelled necklaces and red-and-yellow flower garlands framing an arched backdrop. In the foreground a bare-backed priest in saffron-orange cloth stands with his back to the camera, holding a lit lamp toward a large Shivalinga draped in marigold and rose garlands. Brass oil lamps stand at right and left, with a seated priest in red attire and a figure in a red turban beside them. Lower right, a devotee's head is visible. The setting is a gold-decorated shrine, consistent with an abhishekam or aarti.2021-07-23February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesPhotograph of a flower-decorated shrine with a garlanded arch of yellow, white, red and purple blossoms behind two golden deity murtis, one seated and adorned with a crescent crown, jewelled necklaces and a bejewelled trident-bearing hand, the other in a red and gold sari with a crown and elaborate jewellery. In the foreground, a man in a saffron-orange wrap and red turban with a long dreadlocked beard and a rudraksha mala holds a brass vessel and performs ritual worship with lit oil lamps. A lit oil lamp is visible at right, along with a dark ceremonial object before the murtis. The Swamiji candidate is a person in saffron clothing with a rudraksha mala and red turban, performing worship, so the appearance-based label applies.2017-02-24