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Photo from behind inside a temple doorway. A bald man in an orange saffron robe stands with palms pressed together in prayer, facing a shrine. Beside him a woman with dark hair in a low bun wears a red sari with gold border. A brass bell hangs from the doorframe with red and orange cloth ties. Inside, a black Shiva linga sits on a marble-floored platform with a brass lamp and a deity image on the wall behind. A photographer with a camera stands at the left edge. Two people are visible in the scene.

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March 14 20142014-03-14A very dark, dimly lit arched shrine interior. At the centre stands a framed deity image and a small altar with a hanging lamp and a brass or oil lamp glowing faintly. In the foreground, two people in silhouette are partly visible: one at left in reddish-orange clothing and one at right in dark clothing with a yellowish wrap. The lower-right corner carries a faint copyright overlay, which is not transcribed.2014-03-14June 04 20122012-06-04Photograph inside a dim stone temple passage where several people in orange and saffron robes stand in a line facing a shrine. A central figure in a rust-orange sari with long dark hair stands closest to the camera, with a bald-headed man in orange beside her and another bald man in orange on the right, all facing a red-clad deity murti lit by a small oil lamp at the far end. Brass bells hang on the carved wooden doorframes, and a red cloth hangs from the ceiling at the top left.2012-05-22 +1 copiesA photograph inside a small red-railed shrine chamber with a white marble altar and a framed painting above it. A bearded man in saffron-orange robes and a red cap leans over the altar, reaching toward a deity murti. Beside him, a person in red-brown robes with a gold border and flowers in the hair bends forward toward the altar. Garlands and flowers are visible near the altar.2014-01-30A woman in a maroon sari with a green and yellow garland and gold bangles holds a brass aarti plate with a lit oil flame and red and white offerings toward a deity murti inside a small stone shrine lit from above. A man with bare head and glasses wears an orange robe and stands with palms joined in prayer beside her. A hanging brass oil lamp and chain hang at the right edge, and the murti is decorated with flower garlands.2014-07-01March 16 20142014-03-16A photograph inside a dim stone temple shrine at Kanjanoor Agniswarar Temple. Two people in saffron-orange robes face the sanctum, a bare-shouldered figure at left in the foreground and a second figure in an orange sari with a gold border and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces holding a lit lamp toward a dark lingam-like deity murti. A large brass lamp with flames glows in the doorway, with more oil lamps and brass vessels on a ledge at right. Incense smoke drifts in the air. No individual can be clearly identified as a person from appearance.2012-05-30 +1 copiesA photo inside a marble-walled shrine showing a black Shivalingam with a copper cobra hood, draped with white and orange marigold garlands and flower petals on a white stone base. A bearded man in a red-orange robe with a red tilak on his forehead stands with palms joined in prayer beside a brass kalasha pot being held by a second man in red-orange robes with a beaded rudraksha-style necklace and folded hands. A framed image hangs on the wall behind them, and a trident and a flower-garlanded rod are on the right. A partly visible shaved-headed man in orange stands at the left edge. The scene suggests abhishekam at a Shiva shrine. a person: the bearded man in the red-orange robe with a red forehead mark is a candidate by appearance, though cues are limited, so the identification is uncertain.2014-03-16June 04 20122012-06-04July 01 20142014-07-01May 29 20122012-05-29 +1 copies