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Inside a dimly lit stone temple shrine, a woman with hair in a bun and a rudraksha headband and bracelets, wearing an orange-red garment, stands in the foreground with her arm raised to her forehead, facing an inner sanctum. Beside her, a man with bare shoulders and a shaved head in an orange cloth bears white-painted markings. In the sanctum, a man in white dhoti with a bare torso tends an oil lamp burning on a silver-clad altar or yoni pitha before a deity murti, with a small lamp lit at the doorway ledge. A bright golden kalasha is visible at the lower right edge. Rudraksha malas are worn by the devotees.

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Photograph inside a dim temple sanctum: a shirtless priest in white dhoti bends over a shrine with a lit oil lamp, while another priest beside him holds his hands near the flame. In the foreground, two people in saffron-orange garments stand with their backs partly to the camera; the nearer one wears a rudraksha mala crossing the shoulder, a headband of beads and a large beaded necklace, the other a white and beaded necklace. A brass kalasha/pot is visible at the lower right edge, and a small lamp stands on the wall at right. No one is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; the figures in saffron are devotees or attendants.2012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18A photograph of a temple aarti or puja at an illuminated shrine niche with a carved white arch and a silver-framed altar. An elderly bare-chested man with a grey-white head and a dark rudraksha mala stands at centre with a flame or lamp held before a golden deity murti, a dark-skinned priest in a white shawl and gold-edged cloth holds a brass plate, and a younger attendant in saffron-orange cloth with a flower garland stands at left. Red flowers, brass pots and a golden lamp stand on the altar. a person is the elderly central figure, identified by the rudraksha mala and bare-chested presentation; he is performing the ritual, not seated on a throne, and the other two are a priest and devotees.2012-05-13 +1 copiesMay 18 20122012-05-18A temple interior during an aarti ceremony. In the centre, a bare-chested man with a shaved head and a red-and-gold headband wears an orange cloth and a large rudraksha mala, arms raised overhead toward a flaming lamp. Behind him, a man in white dhoti holds a tray and other devotees stand with palms joined. At lower right, a woman with her hair pinned with flowers faces the flame held in a brass vessel. A yellow decorated plate and a painted red-and-green wall panel are visible in the background. The appearance-based cues do not clearly match the a person description, so the central figure is described by role only.2012-05-16 +1 copiesMay 13 20122012-05-13May 18 20122012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18 +2 copiesPhotograph inside a temple shrine lit by a row of orange lights around an arched niche. In the centre, a shirtless priest with a shaved head and a saffron-orange dhoti with gold border, wearing a beaded headband, holds a flame over an ornate golden shrine with red flower garlands and a deity murti. To the left, a woman in an orange sari with a multi-strand orange garland and flower headpiece stands with hands folded. At right, a man in a white dhoti with gold border holds a brass lamp or offering vessel near the shrine doorway, with gold bangles on his wrist. Silver pillars, brass vessels and flower offerings decorate the altar.2012-05-12May 18 20122012-05-18