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Photograph inside a temple shrine room with warm, dim lighting and marble-patterned walls. In the foreground a woman with long, dark, wavy hair wears an orange sari with gold border and sits on a wooden bench, seen from behind. Beside her a person in a white garment sits on the floor. At the right, a shirtless man in a pink and white dhoti with a printed pattern stands with his arms folded, facing the inner sanctum. Within the sanctum, a figure in white garments stands before a deity murti and a lit brass oil lamp, with a row of small lamps arching above the doorway. A brass lamp stands on the left and a clock hangs on the wall at upper right.

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April 11 20122012-04-11A photograph inside a temple shrine interior with brown marbled stone walls and a white carved arch over a dark deity murti. In the foreground a person with long wavy black hair, seen from behind, wears an orange sari with a gold border and stands facing the sanctum. Behind them a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a patterned border stands near the doorway, and inside the lit sanctum a figure in a dark red garment stands before a golden shrine with oil lamps. A small figure in red kneels at lower right, and a wall clock is visible on the right.2012-04-11 +1 copiesInterior temple scene with polished marble floor and gold-carved wooden throne with red cushions. A person with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron robe with gold border and rudraksha mala, sits on the throne with white ash markings on the arms and sits facing a shrine. A standing priest in a white dhoti and shawl with an orange-trimmed sash holds a lamp before a lit shrine containing a small deity murti with gold kalasha-style decorations. Two seated devotees in white clothing sit on the floor at right. A red-and-orange flag hangs at upper left and a white pillar stands in the background.2012-05-14May 14 20122012-05-14May 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesInterior of a temple hall with polished marble floor and tall stone pillars. Devotees sit and kneel facing an inner sanctum doorway lit with warm light, where a priest in a red dhoti and a woman in a white sari are conducting worship near a golden palanquin-style shrine on the left. Seated devotees include a woman in an orange sari, people in white dhotis and shirts, and children with hands pressed in anjali. A wall clock and a black carved deity panel above the doorway are visible. Appearance-based candidate for a person is not clearly established among the seated devotees.2012-05-07Interior of a temple hall with polished brown stone floors and a shrine niche lit by lamps on the right. A seated figure in an orange-saffron robe with a rudraksha mala and white markings on the arms sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne with a cobra-hood backrest, facing the shrine. A standing priest in white dhoti and shawl with a red and gold border performs worship at the shrine, with a small offering dish before him. Two devotees in white sit on the floor at right, and a child is partly visible at the lower right edge. A red flag with a yellow emblem hangs at the upper left. A clock is mounted on the right wall.2012-05-14May 10 20122012-05-10 +1 copiesInterior of a marble temple hall with a gold-carved ornate throne in the foreground. A bald, older man in orange-saffron cloth, with a rudraksha mala and a gold ceremonial necklace, sits on the red-cushioned throne holding a silver plate of pink flower petals. Behind him, a standing attendant in orange robes with a gold-bordered dhoti and flower garlands on the head and arms, facing a shrine niche lit in orange glow with a deity murti. Pink petals are scattered on the marble floor and an orange cloth lies on the floor. Other men in the background wear bare upper bodies or orange cloth. A clock hangs on a white column; the scene suggests a flower-offering ritual.2012-05-11May 11 20122012-05-11A photograph inside a temple shrine of priests and devotees performing worship before a dark deity murti draped in red cloth and garlands. A bare-headed priest in a saffron-orange cloth with a gold chain and rudraksha mala stands at right, holding a silver plate of pink flower petals, while another shaven-headed priest in white dhoti with white forehead markings stands beside him. A man in a rust-red cloth with gold necklace and beaded armband stands at left near a stone pillar, and a woman in pink sari stands in the background near brass lamps. Pink petals are scattered on the marble floor. Some faces are partly visible or turned away.2012-05-14May 13 20122012-05-13