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A photograph inside a narrow stone shrine doorway. A smiling man with a white vibhuti horizontal line on his forehead and a short beard stands at left, wearing a reddish-maroon dhoti and a long rudraksha mala across his chest, with a garland of green leaves and yellow and white flowers around his neck. He holds his hands together at his waist. Beside him a deity murti. A brass oil lamp hangs from above and a brass lamp stands at right, with a yellow and red cloth draped at the base and loose flowers on the floor. The figure's identity cannot be confirmed from appearance, so only his role as a devotee standing beside the shrine is described.

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February 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07A smiling man in a maroon-brown sannyasi robe stands in a narrow stone doorway beside a shrine. He wears a rudraksha mala, a white vibhuti mark on his forehead with a red bindi, and long garlands of yellow, green, white and purple flowers. His hands are folded at his chest. Inside the shrine stands a silver-faced deity murti, dressed with a yellow cloth and layered flower garlands in red, pink and yellow, set before an ornate gold arch. Brass oil lamps hang from the ceiling and stand at the side, and scattered petals cover the floor.2017-02-07March 13 20202020-03-13 +6 copiesInside a shrine doorway, a bearded man in a maroon-red robe and rudraksha mala smiles, with a white tripundra on his forehead, arms folded and draped in layered garlands of green leaves, white, pink and yellow flowers. Beside him a large ornate gold-framed deity murti is decorated with pink, red, white and yellow flower garlands, and a brass lamp stands at the top of the frame. On the left, a woman in an orange-and-gold sari with folded hands is in prayer, and a golden decorated figure with flowers sits at the lower left. Warm, bright light fills the scene. The man's presentation (rudraksha mala, tripundra, maroon robe, garlanded and honoured in a shrine) is consistent with the page's reference to a person, but the appearance cues are not distinctive enough to confirm his identity.2017-02-07Photograph inside a dark stone shrine doorway decorated with flower garlands. On the left, a bearded man in a maroon-brown robe with a rudraksha mala and a sandalwood-marked forehead stands with hands folded beside a garlanded deity murti. Beside him, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a maroon border and a beaded necklace stands with hands clasped. Yellow and pink marigold garlands drape the central deity murti, with a brass lamp hanging above and a gilded arch behind. A partly visible garlanded deity figure appears at the right edge. a person is the bearded man in the maroon robe, based on his beard, rudraksha mala and ochre-toned robe; he is standing in the doorway, not seated.2017-02-07A photograph inside a narrow stone temple passage with dark granite walls, where a bearded man in maroon robes with a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark stands beside a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with sacred thread and tripundra marks. Both hold their hands together. Between them is a deity murti or sacred image draped with garlands of yellow and pink flowers, framed by an ornate gold-toned arch and a hanging lamp. Brightly coloured garlands and a figure in red with gold ornaments appear at the left edge.2017-02-07Photograph inside a narrow stone shrine passage of a temple. A bearded man with a white-and-red forehead marking, wearing a rust-maroon robe and a long garland of yellow and red flowers over a rudraksha-style mala, stands with hands folded in the left doorway. Beside him, a bare-chested man in a white-bordered dhoti with a sacred thread and white upper-body markings stands with hands joined. Between them is a deity murti or lingam decorated with yellow and red flower garlands and a golden arch-shaped backdrop, with a hanging oil lamp above. Flower-garlanded statues in red and gold fill the edges of the frame. Dark stone walls with carved marks surround the group.2017-02-07A smiling man with a shaved head, tilak on his forehead, and a long brown robe stands in a doorway with hands joined in greeting beside a garlanded deity murti. The murti is adorned with yellow, white, red and pink flower garlands and a golden crown-shaped backdrop, with an oil lamp hanging above. Devotees in orange and yellow clothing stand at the edges with hands folded in prayer. Lit lamps and flower decorations fill the scene.2017-02-07 +1 copiesA smiling bearded man in a rust-brown robe stands beside a silver deity murti of a goddess with large eyes, adorned with a silver crown-like headpiece and dark kumkum marks. He wears a long green leaf garland edged with yellow and white flowers and a brown rudraksha mala, and his hands rest together at his waist holding a red flower. The murti sits within a garland of red roses, white jasmine and yellow marigolds, with pink petals heaped above and a brass oil lamp hanging overhead against an ornate gilded backdrop. A visible sacred ash and kumkum mark marks his forehead. Setting suggests a temple shrine during a devotional visit.2017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07Two men stand in a stone temple doorway lit by a fluorescent tube. The man on the left has long dark hair, a beard, white and red forehead markings, a brown robe, a dark rudraksha mala and a long green, white, yellow and pink flower garland; he smiles with hands clasped. The man on the right wears an orange shirt and yellow-orange dhoti with a red forehead mark and a wristwatch, and gestures with his hands. Behind them a decorated deity murti is garlanded with flowers inside a shrine, with a brass kalasha-like vessel at right.2017-02-07