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Inside a white tented space, a person in orange saffron robes with long dark hair bends forward at the lower right, face turned down, near a row of black-stone deity murti. The murti are adorned with colourful flower garlands in pink, yellow, green and white, gold and jewelled crowns, ornate jewelled necklaces and gold-trimmed ornaments. A brass oil lamp and brass vessels stand at the base in front of the figures. A gold arched frame surrounds the central deities, with a vertical banner in green, yellow and navy bearing embroidered flowers and an elephant motif behind them. The scene suggests a temple-style puja or abhishekam setting.

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A person in an orange-saffron robe bends forward with head lowered in reverence before a shrine. Behind them stand dark-complexioned deity murti dressed in red and white silk, adorned with gold crowns, layered necklaces, and multicoloured floral garlands. A gilded arched prabhavali frames the deities, and brass oil lamps sit at the left. Colourful embroidered hangings with floral and elephant motifs decorate the background. The scene reads as puja or darshan at a temple shrine.2006-08-25March 30 20062006-03-30 +1 copiesA standing man in an orange-saffron robe with long dark hair stands at the lower left, smiling and raising one hand in greeting, in front of a large golden shrine arch framing a black deity murti with a tall crown, white urdhva pundra marks and a dark face, draped in multicoloured garland strands and a gold-and-silver ornamented garment. Brass lamps with bird-shaped finials flank the shrine, a small silver figure and offering items sit on a red cloth below, and a white-draped stand with a garland and a metal vessel appears at the right under a white tent canopy. A small garlanded deity figure is visible at the left edge.2006-03-30A smiling man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron robe, rudraksha mala beads and a red tilak on his forehead, sits in front of a large gilded arch decorated with garlands of yellow, orange, red and white flowers. Behind him stand two black stone deity murtis, each crowned and adorned with gold ornaments, silver necklaces and jewelled garments; the figure on the right wears a red sari-like cloth. A lit open book or paper is held in front of him. White and red roses sit at the lower right corner. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, saffron robe and rudraksha malas, seated as a speaker before the deity murtis.2007-04-18A photograph inside a temple shrine showing two standing deity murtis, one black-faced with a gold crown and jewelled necklaces, the other golden-faced in a red silk sari with gold crown and silver jewellery. Garlands of orange, yellow, red and white flowers drape the arch behind them, and a brass oil lamp stands at right. At left, a smiling person with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe and a red forehead mark, holding out a small offering toward the deities while a second person in white ritual clothes with a bare back sits in the lower left corner holding a white cloth.2007-04-18A photograph of a temple ritual before a golden arched frame. A man with long, swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe and touches the hands of a deity murti with a gold crown and red silk sari trimmed with silver. A second person in a white dhoti with a red border and gold necklace stands at the lower left, bent forward. The murti has a gold crown and a jewelled necklace, and is garlanded with orange, yellow, red and blue flower strands. A brass oil lamp with a bird-shaped finial stands at right. Swamiji (probable): the man wears a saffron robe and long swept-back hair, the cues described above.2007-04-18Photograph inside a temple-style tent at a shrine with two large deity murtis decorated with multicolour flower garlands. Centre-right, a black-faced murti with gold crown and red garment sits under a golden arch, with a kalasha-like lamp stand and brass oil lamps in front on a yellow-draped table. At left, a standing deity murti wears a gold-and-yellow garment and a tall crown. Two people stand in front of the shrine looking up at the deities: on the left a bald man in a pale cream-white dhoti and shawl, and beside him a person with long dark hair in an orange-saffron robe. Hanging textiles in red, yellow and blue decorate the background.2006-08-28August 25 20062006-08-25October 13 20052005-10-13A photograph of a temple-style shrine set on a tiled platform in a plain room. A person with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala, stands at the central deity murti and reaches toward its crown, adorned with garlands of yellow, red and white flowers. Beside them a second person in white is partly visible. Flanking the central figures are a seated deity murti with a red garment and a standing deity murti with a green garment, both garlanded. Brass oil lamps and metal offering vessels sit on the platform, and tall decorated pillars with painted panels frame the scene.2007-11-26December 31 20082008-12-31A photograph of a ceremony inside a white tent beside a dark stone deity murti dressed in ornate gold-and-red jewelled adornments, garlands of orange and yellow flowers, and a red cloth backdrop beneath a gilded arch. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and an orange-saffron dhoti wrapped around his lower body reaches up with both hands to place a tall red-and-white patterned crown on the murti's head. In the foreground at lower right, the back of another person's head is visible. The gilded arch shows carved floral and ornamental relief. The setting appears to be a temporary tent-based ceremony, consistent with abhishekam or deity dressing.2006-03-01