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A photograph of a temple shrine with a golden arched frame in front of a deity murti pair draped in layered garlands of yellow, orange, red and white flowers. A bare-backed man with long, wavy dark hair and a saffron/orange cloth around his waist stands in the foreground, holding up a lit oil lamp toward the deities. In front of the altar are a silver vessel, a tray of fruit and scattered flower petals. On the right, a row of devotees in white clothes stand with hands folded in prayer. The pillars are grey stone with carved relief work.

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December 23 20062006-12-23A photograph of a temple ritual at a shrine. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and saffron-orange cloth wrapped around his waist holds a lit camphor flame on a silver plate toward a richly garlanded deity murti, its face partly covered with a golden mask-like adornment and a multi-hooded cobra canopy overhead. Behind the deity, two standing figures in gold-toned crowns are decorated with flower garlands in yellow, pink and red. Before the murti sit fruit offerings, bananas, oranges and apples on a metal tray, a silver plate of sweets, brass lamps and a kalasha-style vessel, with flower petals scattered on the stone platform. A second man in saffron cloth sits at the lower left, and a figure in red cloth kneels at right beside a gold-framed arch.2006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23Photograph of an abhishekam at an outdoor temple shrine under a golden arched frame. A deity murti with a gold face and tall crown is decorated with yellow, pink and white garlands and red flower garlands, flanked by two figures in ornate crowns. In the foreground a bare-chested man in an orange cloth, with long swept-back hair, pours liquid from a silver vessel with a green leaf over the murti, while a younger man in white robes and an orange shawl holds the vessel. A brass plate of fruit sits on the stone platform, and a yellow flower garland is visible at the lower right. Other people in white are seen at the right edge.2006-12-23May 13 20152015-05-13A man in orange saffron robes performs an aarti with a flaming lamp before a Shiva lingam decorated with red, yellow and white flower garlands. Behind the lingam stand two deity murtis of crowned figures with ornate jewellery and garlands. Brass oil lamps flank the altar, and a copper-red cloth lies draped at the base. Stone pillars with carved details frame the open shrine at night, and offerings sit on a plate in front of the lingam.2007-02-16December 23 20062006-12-23December 12 20162016-12-12December 23 20062006-12-23August 31 20152015-08-31December 23 20062006-12-23November 29 20112011-11-29