A photograph of an outdoor temple scene beside a yellow-ochre shrine wall with a carved cornice and a small doorway. A bare-chested, grey-bearded man in a red-orange dhoti and a beaded mala stands in the sunlight facing the shrine. To the left, a long-haired man with dreadlocks and another man in orange cloth hold a brass plate of flowers and leaves. Palm fronds overhang the wall. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of an outdoor temple scene beside a yellow-ochre shrine wall with a carved cornice and a small doorway. A bare-chested, grey-bearded man in a red-orange dhoti and a beaded mala stands in the sunlight facing the shrine. To the left, a long-haired man with dreadlocks and another man in orange cloth hold a brass plate of flowers and leaves. Palm fronds overhang the wall.

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A photo of a night-time worship inside a dim, weathered stone shrine with peeling plaster walls. A long-haired man in a rust-red dhoti and shawl, with rudraksha malas around his neck and wrists and an upper-arm band, holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward a carved wooden doorway hung with white and red flower garlands. Beside him, a man in saffron-orange robes holds a plate of flowers, and a figure at the left edge holds a brass bell. A hanging oil lamp is visible above the doorway. The lamp-bearer's appearance matches the page's a person reference only partially; the cues are long hair and malas, but the face is uncertain, so he is described by role as the lamp-bearing priest.

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