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September 12 20112011-09-12 +3 copiesA woman seen from behind, with short dark hair, small hoop earrings and a beaded necklace, wearing a red blouse with a gold border, holds a silver lamp with a large open flame to a black stone deity murti. The murti wears a yellow dhoti, a yellow head cloth, a red and yellow garland, rudraksha-style beads and silver ornaments. It stands in a silver-framed arched shrine with orange and white draped cloth, outdoors among trees.2013-09-19May 04 20122012-05-04A photograph of a devotee seen from behind, in a red garment with gold border, performing aarti with a lamp before a black stone deity murti seated on a bull-like mount. The murti wears a yellow cloth, a yellow headpiece, a garland of red and yellow flowers, and layered beaded ornaments, and holds ritual implements in several hands. The shrine has an ornate white arch backed by orange and white drapery, set on a red-painted pedestal in an open outdoor garden with trees behind. A small black offering stand sits in front.2013-09-19July 08 20102010-07-08September 19 20132013-09-19July 07 20092009-07-07March 10 20122012-03-10November 25 20152015-11-25June 30 20102010-06-30A photograph of a man standing at the right edge in prayer, hands pressed together in namaskar before a shrine. He is bare-chested with his hair tied in a bun, wearing a red and white dhoti-style cloth with a red-and-gold bordered shawl over one shoulder and gold bangles and a gold necklace. Before him is a black stone deity murti seated and draped in red cloth with yellow garlands, set within a white arched niche framed by a red curtain. A mound of red kumkum or vermilion powder lies at the base, with trees behind the shrine. The man's appearance is not confidently matched to any candidate, so a person is unsure.2011-10-22June 30 20102010-06-30