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A bare-backed priest in an orange cloth and white sacred thread stands at a gilded shrine, placing his hand on a golden deity murti decorated with red stones and yellow marigold garlands. White ritual markings are painted on his back and arms, and a rudraksha mala is wrapped on his wrist, with a gold necklace at his neck and a dark cloth behind him. Pink flowers and yellow petals lie at the base of the gold pillar, which is carved with a lion figure, and a yellow powder offering sits to the right. The figure's face is turned away, and the scene appears to be a ritual darshan or abhishekam at a temple.

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A man seen from behind, bare-chested with white horizontal stripes on his upper arms and back, wearing an orange lower cloth and a brown shawl with gold ornaments, stands before a gilded deity murti. The murti is a golden figure with an elephant-headed form, garlanded with yellow marigolds and pink flowers, placed against a gold pillar carved with a lion figure. A dark red curtain hangs behind. The man raises his hand toward the murti in worship. The appearance of the man is not clearly sufficient for identification.2021-06-20June 20 20212021-06-20June 20 20212021-06-20June 20 20212021-06-20 +1 copiesJune 20 20212021-06-20June 20 20212021-06-20A bare-backed priest in an orange cloth and white sacred-thread style sash stands with his back to the camera, holding a silver plate with an oil lamp toward a gilded Ganesha murti. The murti is draped with yellow marigold garlands and pink flowers, with a lion carving on the gilded pillar beside it. The priest wears a long dark garland, a rudraksha mala on his arm and several gold ornaments at his neck, with white ash markings on his shoulders and upper arm. Performing aarti at the shrine. Ganesha murti in a gilded shrine.2021-06-20A bare-backed man with long dark hair coiled on his head, wearing a saffron-orange shawl, a white sacred thread and a brown rudraksha mala with gold ornaments, places a garland of yellow marigolds with pink flowers onto a golden Ganesha murti set in an ornate gold shrine. White horizontal tripundra-style markings are painted on his arms and shoulder, and a dark red curtain hangs behind him. The scene suggests a temple ritual of garlanding a deity.2021-06-20June 20 20212021-06-20June 20 20212021-06-20Photo 11724093 +2 copiesMAy 27 20212021-05-27