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Photograph inside a small temple shrine with a dark foreground frame. In the centre, a bare-shouldered man with long grey dreadlocks and a white forehead mark stands at left, holding a handful of green fruit or lime-like offerings toward a shrine. A second, darker figure in the right foreground is partly visible, seen from behind. The shrine holds a black stone deity murti draped in a yellow-green cloth with a red-and-white face marking, a Ganesha figure in yellow and orange, and a small oil lamp burning. Painted deity panels and a tiled white wall form the background.

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A photograph of a priest with long dark dreadlocked hair, seen from behind and in profile, holding a brass aarti tray with several burning oil lamps toward a shrine. He wears a red-orange cloth over his shoulder and rudraksha beads on his wrist. Through a blue-framed doorway, a decorated deity murti is adorned with white and red garlands and marigold strands, and a Shivalinga with flower garlands and scattered petals sits in front. A second person in red and orange clothing stands at the left edge. The scene is an evening aarti at a shrine.2018-03-01A long-haired man with dreadlocked hair seen from behind holds a brass aarti plate with lit oil lamps toward a doorway opening onto a shrine. Inside the shrine stands a deity murti draped in garlands of white and red flowers, with a black Shivalinga and flower offerings in front. A rudraksha bracelet is on his upper arm, and a dark figure on the right edge is a stone sculpture. The scene suggests a puja or aarti in a small temple sanctum with blue-painted door frame.2018-03-01January 17 20182018-01-17April 29 20182018-04-29March 01 20182018-03-01March 01 20182018-03-01A photograph of a long-haired man with dreadlocks, shown from behind and in profile, holding a brass aarti plate with a lit flame in a small shrine room. He wears an orange-red shawl over bare shoulders and rudraksha beads on his wrist. To his left, a woman in a red sari with a red forehead mark stands beside him. Beyond the open doorway, a deity murti is decorated with white and red flower garlands, and a dark shiva lingam-like object sits draped in garlands. A statue of a seated figure stands near the frame. This appears to be an aarti ritual at a shrine. The man's presentation shows dreadlocks, an orange shawl and rudraksha cues, but these alone do not establish identity, so he is described by role.2018-03-01March 01 20182018-03-01November 06 20112011-11-06A dim stone shrine corner with a bare-chested priest bending low over a brass plate of offerings, placed at the base of a black stone lingam. The lingam is draped with a saffron-orange cloth and a white garland of jasmine-style flowers, with red flowers tucked at its top. A second black stone form beside it is wrapped in white cloth. The priest wears a yellow dhoti, a white cloth at his waist, an orange sash and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, and his hair is tied in a bun. Pale printed posters with red temple-arch designs hang on the wall behind. Another person in white stands partly visible at the left edge. Nothing about the figure qualifies as a person candidate.2012-05-18 +1 copiesA photograph taken from behind and beside a figure with long, dark, matted dreadlocks falling down the back, wearing a reddish-brown wrap over the shoulders. The figure stands at a blue-framed doorway looking into a lit shrine room, where a dark stone Nandi bull sits before decorated deity figures draped in flower garlands, with red and white blossoms and marigold-style strings. In the right foreground the top of another dark-haired head is visible. The viewer sees the scene through the doorway from a close, dim angle.2018-03-01A photograph of a person with very long, dark, matted hair seen from behind, holding a brass aarti plate with a lit flame toward a doorway framed in blue. The figure wears a bare upper body with rudraksha beads on the upper arm and wrist, and a dark reddish-brown wrap. Beyond the doorway, a deity murti is decorated with garlands and red flowers, with a Nandi and a shivalinga in the foreground. On the right, a dark stone shivalinga stands near the doorway. The scene is an ashram-style temple shrine during puja.2018-03-01