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Night photograph of a temple entrance hall with stone pillars and a tall polished brass oil lamp in the foreground. A man in a red shawl with a red-and-white flower garland stands with hands folded at his chest, face lifted upward. Beside him a second person in white dhoti and cream top holds a brass tray of flowers. Brass kalasha pots, a small wooden stand with offerings, a small deity murti in a niche on the left, and a lit oil lamp sit around the scene.

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A dim temple interior with brass lamp stands in the foreground. Behind them, a man in orange-saffron clothes with a rudraksha mala stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, facing a shrine. Other people in orange robes stand further back near a red curtain and stone pillar, while a white deity murti draped in orange cloth sits to the left on a raised platform. A small brass-and-silver puja table with bowls is in the centre. A sign on the wall is partly visible.2010-11-12September 05 20172017-09-05September 05 20172017-09-05December 24 20112011-12-24January 24 20162016-01-24November 05 20162016-11-05A figure with a bare upper body and a rust-brown dhoti with gold-toned borders bends forward at a stone shrine ledge, touching or reaching toward carved stone reliefs in the dark. A white flower garland hangs around the neck and down the front. A brass oil lamp stands on a pedestal near a maroon cloth hanging, and a gold kalasha-style vessel sits on the left. In the background, two people in white and off-white clothes stand near a metal cabinet. The scene appears to be a night ritual at a temple wall.2014-08-05A photograph of a temple shrine at night with a figure standing at right in a dark-red and orange dhoti, bare-chested with long swept-back hair, a gold crown and a white flower garland, extending hands toward the shrine. In front are tall brass oil lamps (deepas) and a stone altar ledge holding a small deity murti with a golden prabhavali and a standing statue draped in red and orange cloth wearing a turban and flower garland. Grey stone pillars and red curtains frame the space.2017-08-21January 31 20072007-01-31November 12 20102010-11-12A photograph of a temple ritual at night. A man in orange-saffron robes, with long swept-back dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, a dense orange rudraksha mala and a gold-bead necklace, holds a small oil lamp with a flame in his left hand and a silver bell in his right, smiling as he performs the rite. Beside him, several shaven-headed men in orange robes stand in a row. At right, a dark stone Shiva lingam is draped with white flowers and orange cloth. Stone pillars with carved decoration frame the left edge of the shrine, and a dark tiled roof and wall fill the background.2013-03-10Night photograph of a temple shrine. A man with long dark hair and a white flower garland with gold bead strands stands in profile, wearing a rust-red dhoti with an orange-gold waistband and bare upper body, both palms resting on a carved stone ledge as he looks upward toward a stone lion-faced carving. A tall brass oil lamp stands at left beside a small painted deity figure and red and green decorations. A red and pink cloth hangs behind him and other people in saffron clothing are faintly visible in the background. Pada puja appears to be taking place at the shrine. The man's appearance does not clearly establish an identity, so he is described by role as a devotee at the shrine.2014-08-05