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A photograph of an outdoor shrine beneath trees. A black stone deity murti stands in an arched niche framed with garlands in red, yellow, green, white and purple, draped in a yellow cloth, with a heap of red offerings in front and a small wooden stand. A standing man in a green dhoti and green-gold shawl, with a topknot, a horizontal tilak, a red rudraksha mala and bracelets, presses his palms together in prayer with eyes lowered. Colourful kolam rangoli designs decorate the ground in front of the shrine.

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September 03 20112011-09-03 +2 copiesDecember 04 20112011-12-04December 04 20112011-12-04November 01 20112011-11-01Outdoor photo of a man standing barefoot on a dark polished stone floor before a shrine beneath a large tree. He has long dark hair, bare chest, red rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and red bead bracelets, and wears a green and yellow silk dhoti with a yellow upper cloth. His hands are pressed together in anjali mudra with eyes closed in prayer. Behind him, a white arched niche with yellow backdrop holds a black stone deity murti draped in pink cloth and garlanded with yellow and orange flowers. A heap of red kumkum or vermilion powder surrounds its base, with a small lamp and bell on a stand in front. Whether the man is a person cannot be determined from appearance alone, so he is described as a devotee.2011-10-29March 02 20132013-03-02October 29 20112011-10-29Outdoor photo of a man standing in profile at right with palms pressed together in namaskar, eyes lowered in prayer. He is bare-chested with a green and red dhoti-style cloth, gold bangles on his wrists and a gold-and-red beaded necklace, his hair tied back in a bun. To the left stands a black stone deity murti in an arched stone niche, draped in garlands of yellow, red, green and white flowers, with a red cloth behind it. Blurred trees fill the background.2011-12-04A barefoot man with a topknot stands at right in a maroon dhoti with orange borders and a maroon shawl with orange edging, his bare upper body visible, hands pressed in namaskar with eyes closed, wearing a dark rudraksha mala. Before him, under a white arched shrine with a turquoise backdrop, a black stone deity murti with multiple arms is draped in orange cloth and garlanded with white and orange flowers. Red-painted stones surround the shrine base, with a small altar and lamp; leafy trees fill the background. The scene shows a devotee's padanamaskar at an outdoor shrine.2011-09-23Outdoor photograph beneath leafy trees showing a man with bare upper body and a green silk dhoti-style garment with gold border standing with palms pressed together in prayer, eyes closed, facing a shrine. The shrine has a white arched stone frame enclosing a dark stone deity murti dressed in an orange cloth and garlanded with orange and yellow marigold strings. A heap of red kumkum or powder lies at the base in front. The man has a forehead marking and his hair is tied up. A second figure is partly visible at the right edge. The setting appears to be an open-air shrine in greenery.2011-09-14Outdoors among trees, a man stands barefoot on a black stone platform with palms pressed together in namaskar. He wears a rust-orange dhoti with yellow borders over a bare chest, and a beaded mala hangs around his neck. Beside him a shrine holds a black stone deity murti dressed in yellow cloth with a yellow head covering and red garlands, set in an arched white frame with a green curtain. In front of the shrine is a mound of red offerings, with a small stone seat and a small rug on the ground. The man is a devotee at the shrine, and the page indicates a person's presence but his appearance is not distinctive enough to confirm identity.2013-05-13March 20 20132013-03-20