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A photo of a priest seated on the floor in a golden-yellow room performing a puja. He wears an orange cloth wrap, has white sacred markings on his forehead and arms, and a brown beaded necklace. He holds a silver tray with a small lamp, incense sticks and a bowl of powder, and a brass-coloured vessel is in front of him. Before him is a small brass deity murti on a golden low platform, with a large bronze bowl of liquid and kalasha pots nearby. Shelves behind him hold brass lamps and a wooden box. A timestamp reads 29/03/2025 21:18.

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A photograph of a young male priest in orange saffron robes kneeling on a concrete floor in a yellow-painted shrine room. He wears a bare upper body with white tilak marks on his forehead and arms and rudraksha malas, and he holds a brass bell in his right hand while holding a silver plate with a flame, incense sticks and offerings in his left. Before him stands a gold-covered low wooden altar holding a small brass deity figure, with a large brass vessel beside it and several copper pots on the floor. Behind is a yellow wooden cabinet with brass lamps and a framed picture, and a painted portrait labelled Nithyanandam on the left. A date stamp 29/03/2025 21:13 appears in the corner.2025-03-29A photograph of a young person in an orange garment kneeling at a golden-hued shrine platform, pouring from a gold-leaf vessel over a brass linga-style abhishekam fixture on a square base. Behind is a wooden cabinet with four brass oil lamps and a stack of dark boxes. Pale sacred markings appear on the arms and forehead, and a beaded rudraksha-style necklace hangs at the chest. A large brass pot sits at the lower right. The timestamp reads 29/03/2025 21:16.2025-03-29A young person in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and horizontal white ash stripes on the arms kneels on the floor pouring liquid from a brass vessel into a wide brass basin. Beside them, a brass figure of a seated deity sits on a gold-painted wooden pedestal or stand, and a row of brass oil lamps sits on shelves in a gold-painted niche. A brass pot stands in the lower right corner. The scene suggests an abhishekam ritual in a temple room, with gold walls and a tiled floor.2025-03-29A photograph of a young person in an orange robe seated on the floor beside a golden wooden stand, pouring or holding a large golden vessel over a small gold-coloured deity murti standing on a square base. Their arms bear white sacred ash markings and a white mark is visible on the forehead. Behind them a golden-yellow wooden shelf holds four brass oil lamps with pointed finials and a small brass bowl, with a framed picture at the upper left. The setting suggests an abhishekam ritual. A date stamp in the lower right reads 29/03/2025 21:13.2025-03-29A young boy sits cross-legged on a white marble floor performing puja. He wears an orange saffron cloth wrapped around his waist and draped over his bare chest, with a rudraksha mala of brown beads and a pendant necklace. White sacred ash marks show on his arms and chest. His hands are joined in mudra in front of a red velvet mat with gold border, on which sit brass puja items: a conch shell, a brass plate, small brass cups, a bell, a brass lamp, a small brass vessel with spoon, and a brass plate holding a crystal lingam.2025-06-02A 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.2024-10-26A young boy with short dark hair sits cross-legged on a black and white checkered marble floor beside a doorway. He wears an orange-red dhoti or wrap, a bare upper body marked with white sacred ash stripes on the shoulders and arms, a white tilak with red bindi on his forehead, and multiple rudraksha mala strands around his neck. He holds dark stones over a large brass tray. Nearby are copper and brass vessels, a small brass lamp, a brass spouted pot, a copper bowl, and a golden pedestal with a lotus motif. A timestamp reads 25-May-2022 8:20:19 am.2022-05-25 +1 copiesA four-panel collage of photographs showing a devotee seated on a patterned mat performing puja at a small altar with brass bowls, a small deity murti and offerings of flowers and food. The person wears an orange garment, a rudraksha mala and white forehead markings and arm markings. The background has a red patterned table with items on top and an orange cloth on a chair.2025-01-03A photograph of a temple shrine interior. A person seen from behind, with short dark hair and wearing an orange draped cloth over the shoulder, holds a lit oil lamp toward an ornate gold canopy shrine. Inside the shrine stand deity murtis adorned with red and white garlands, on green-and-gold draped platforms. Gold-and-green cloth decorates the lower altar, with brass vessels and a small plate in front. A timestamp in the corner reads 23/12/2024 09:05. The scene suggests a daily puja aarti in progress.2024-12-23A four-panel collage of a young person seated cross-legged on a patterned rug performing a puja. The figure wears orange cloth with a blue-and-white checked cloth tucked at the waist, rudraksha beads, and white horizontal sacred ash markings on the forehead and arms. Panels show the figure arranging brass vessels and small brass lamps on a white cloth, hands pressed in prayer, and pouring or placing offerings with a spoon. A red-draped table stands in the background of one panel.2025-10-03A four-panel collage of a young female devotee in orange robes performing puja on a patterned rug. She has white tripundra marks on her forehead and white streaks on her arms and shoulders, with rudraksha mala beads around her neck. Brass bowls, flowers, small lamps and a brass plate are arranged on a white cloth, and a small framed figure of a sage stands beside the offerings. In some panels she sits with hands folded in prayer, in others she tends the offerings.2025-08-03A smiling young boy with a shaved head, a red bindi and white tilak sits cross-legged in saffron-orange robes with a maroon border, wearing rudraksha malas and a silver bangle. He holds a brass oil lamp with a flame in one hand and a brass bell in the other, performing a puja at a silver tray. On the tray are a brass cup, a conch shell, a brass dish on a pink cloth with a white flower garland, and an incense stick in a brass holder. Behind him, blurred figures in white and orange robes sit among lit lamps.2013-05-12