A bare-backed priest in an orange cloth wrap raises a brass lamp toward a shrine framed by ornate gold carvings. Inside, a seated deity murti with a red and gold garment, garlands and a silver-white head covering sits on a white draped platform, with a brass oil lamp beside it. Painted green and red floral motifs decorate the yellow threshold, and white ash stripes mark the priest's raised arm. - Nithyanandapedia

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A bare-backed priest in an orange cloth wrap raises a brass lamp toward a shrine framed by ornate gold carvings. Inside, a seated deity murti with a red and gold garment, garlands and a silver-white head covering sits on a white draped platform, with a brass oil lamp beside it. Painted green and red floral motifs decorate the yellow threshold, and white ash stripes mark the priest's raised arm.

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A photo of a priest performing aarti at a golden-framed shrine doorway. The bare-backed priest wears an orange cloth draped over his shoulder and a long orange dhoti, with white ash stripes on his arm, and raises a lit oil lamp toward the inner sanctum. Inside, a deity murti seated on a throne is decorated with white and red garlands, a crown-like headdress, and a large ornamental necklace. Brass trident stands and lamps flank the murti, and a red cloth with an ornament sits in front. The gilded doorway and floral floor border frame the scene.

A photograph taken from behind of a bare-chested man in an orange dhoti with an orange shawl and sacred thread, raising a lit oil lamp (aarti) with one arm toward a shrine. Inside the gilded shrine niche, a seated figure in a red-and-gold robe with a red turban and a garland of white flowers sits above a deity murti draped with white and maroon cloth, marigold and red flower garlands, and a red cloth offering. Ornate gold carvings frame the doorway, and small oil lamps glow inside the shrine. The scene shows a puja at a golden temple shrine. The seated figure is a statue or portrait-like image rather than a living person, and no living person's identity is established.

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A shaven-bodied priest in orange cloth, bare-backed with an orange sacred thread across the shoulder, raises a lit oil lamp toward a shrine. Inside a gold-framed niche, a seated golden statue in red and orange robes with a red turban and garland sits above a deity murti draped in red and white cloth, decorated with red flowers, white garlands and a brass trident. A red cloth bundle lies on the floor, and the threshold is painted with floral motifs. The scene shows an aarti being performed at a small shrine.

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