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A bare-backed man with long dark hair and an orange cloth around his waist stands at left, raising a long strand of yellow beads toward a black stone murti. The murti has a white dhoti-like cloth, a red and yellow headband, a gold necklace and a red-yellow-green garland with white flowers, and it is set within an ornate silver arched frame amid green foliage. This appears to be a puja or abhishekam scene at an outdoor shrine. The bare-backed man appears to be a priest or devotee, and no identity is asserted from appearance.

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July 23 20062006-07-23July 23 20062006-07-23July 23 20062006-07-23 +1 copiesOutdoor photo beneath a large leafy tree showing a black stone deity murti framed by an ornate silver arch, adorned with garlands of yellow, orange and red flowers and a white cloth draped over its shoulders. In the foreground at right, a person with long dark hair and a white flower garland, wearing an orange saffron-coloured cloth and bare back, stands with palms joined raised above the head in prayer. A second person's head is partly visible at the far left edge. Scattered petals and a small pink cloth hang among the branches, and a tent with decorations appears in the background.2006-12-26Outdoor shrine under dense tree canopy. A bare-backed man in an orange-saffron cloth worships a white and dark stone deity murti standing within an ornate silver arch, its head and body draped in garlands of yellow marigolds and multicoloured flowers. A red-cloth-covered base sits beneath it, with a smaller Shiva-linga-like form adorned with flower garlands and a red tilak mark in front. A decorated palanquin or ornate seat with gold and red embellishments rests at the left edge. The worshipper, with long dark hair, faces the shrine with hands in front of him, in a puja setting.2006-10-07A devotee in white ritual clothes with an orange shawl stands at left, one hand resting on a silver arch framing a black stone murti seated under a large shady tree. The murti wears a white cloth with a red-bordered dhoti, an orange headcloth, and is adorned with red, yellow and white marigold garlands and a yellow flower necklace. A silver arch with floral carvings surrounds the seated figure, and a red base sits at the foot of the shrine. Outdoors, branches and leaves fill the upper frame.2006-12-26July 23 20062006-07-23July 11 20102010-07-11A night photograph of a dark stone deity murti, a four-armed seated form with a rudraksha mala and a yellow flower at its crown, set within an ornate silver arch decorated with yellow marigold garlands and green leaf strands. A priest stands at left in white ritual dhoti and shawl with a vertical white tilak on his forehead, holding a brass oil lamp with a visible flame near the statue as part of a puja or aarti. Dark foliage and a wooden railing frame the outdoor setting.2010-01-01Outdoor photograph of a black stone deity murti standing under a silver-framed arch amid trees, draped in white and gold-bordered cloth with yellow and red flower garlands. In the foreground at left, a man with short dark hair, wearing white clothes and an orange shawl over his shoulder, faces the murti while holding a brass oil lamp with a lit flame near its base. A brass plate with offerings sits on the stone platform below.2007-08-26A woman in a white sari with orange and green borders bows forward and presses her hands to a black stone statue of a seated deity under a banyan tree. The statue wears an orange cloth, an orange and gold headwrap, a rudraksha mala, and thick garlands of red roses, yellow marigolds and green leaves. Her own rudraksha mala hangs from her neck. The black stone pedestal carries relief carvings of seated figures, and a silver arch frames the tree behind. A partially visible man stands at the left edge.2010-07-08October 14 20112011-10-14