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Interior of a temple shrine with gold-railed balustrade in the foreground. Left alcove holds a colourful deity murti of a deity playing a flute, in red and gold garments, with a red curtain and gold pillars behind it. A framed red-and-gold shrine holds a seated figure with long white robes and a white shawl, beside potted flowers. On the right edge, a person with long dark hair in an orange-pink silk top stands with their back to the camera, facing the shrine.

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March 16 20142014-03-16Photograph of a shrine niche inside a temple. On the left, a white marble seated sage statue with a shaved head, bare chest, white shawl and a red-and-white sacred thread, hands resting in his lap, sits under a silver-bordered canopy against a red backdrop. On the right, a red-and-orange statue of Hanuman stands with one hand raised in blessing and a mace resting on his shoulder, wearing a red ornate garment and a crown, framed by orange drapery, gold-trimmed columns and red curtains. Red and yellow flowers and small pots sit at the base of the shrine, with a patterned rug on the floor. No living people are visible.2014-03-16A photograph inside a shrine room where a man in a rust-red and gold-bordered dhoti or sannyasi cloth stands with his back to the camera, hands pressed together in prayer before a seated marble statue of a bearded sage in white and yellow robes, with a red backdrop, gold tinsel frame and a small canopy above, and a bowl of flowers at its base. Beside the statue is a colourful deity murti of Ganesha with an elephant head. A second person in red-orange clothing, with long dark hair, is visible at the right edge. A bookish scripture is held by the seated statue. The marble statue is a depiction, not a physical person.2014-03-16January 14 20102010-01-14March 16 20142014-03-16 +1 copiesTwo men stand with their palms pressed together before a white marble Ganesha murti seated in front of an orange and gold draped backdrop. The deity wears a red garment, gold ornaments, a jewelled crown, and holds an axe and a modak-like object, with yellow flowers arranged around it. On the left a bearded man in a rust-orange shawl and kurta faces the murti; on the right a man with long hair tied back, wearing a red-orange dhoti and shawl and a beaded rudraksha-style mala, stands with hands joined. A brass oil lamp and a small brass plate sit on a patterned rug at the base of the shrine.2014-03-16Two men stand in front of a Ganesha murti in a temple shrine, with a red-and-gold draped backdrop, golden pillars and yellow flowers at the base. The deity is white with a red and gold crown and red garments. In the foreground, a man seen from behind wears a rose-red silk top with long dark hair and a receding hairline. On the right, a man with long dark hair and a bare chest wears an orange-red wrap over one shoulder, a gold-toned necklace and gold ornaments, and presses his palms together in anjali. A Ganesha puja at the shrine appears in progress. The man on the right has distinctive orange ceremonial clothing and long hair, which could match the a person cues, so the identity is uncertain.2014-03-16A woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala stands at right, facing a stone shrine with a deity murti of a goddess and consort garlanded with yellow and red flowers, under a gilded arch with orange curtains. In front, a framed photograph on a gold-trimmed stand shows a smiling man with long hair in orange robes, seated with one hand raised in blessing, beside a red-flowered offering and a brass pot. The photograph is a depiction, not a physical person present. Brass lamps flank the shrine. a person depiction, labeled in the appearance-based sense only; the page does not indicate his presence at this event.2010-01-04 +1 copiesMarch 16 20142014-03-16Photograph of a temple shrine with a large deity murti of a male and female figure, the male holding a trident and the female wearing pink and gold garments, both draped with yellow and red marigold garlands. In front stands an ornate gold and red chair or peetha bearing a framed portrait of a smiling man in orange robes and a beaded mala, also garlanded with yellow flowers. Orange and red curtains, gold lamp stands and carved stone pillars frame the shrine, with metal railings guiding the approach. No people are visible in the scene.2009-12-15January 14 20102010-01-14January 17 20102010-01-17