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A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a bare-chested priest in a dark brown dhoti with gold trim, seen in profile at left, holding a tall silver lamp stand with lit flames in both hands. Beside him on a decorated altar is a deity murti in front of a garlanded arrangement of red flowers, with a brass oil lamp and silver vessels at the base. The walls behind are ornate gold and carved. One physical person is visible.

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A woman in a dark red sari with gold trim performs aarti before a shrine, holding a lit lamp of flames toward a decorated deity murti garlanded with red flowers. A second person in white stands at the right edge, also reaching toward the flame. Brass lamps line a stone ledge in front of the altar, and warm light glows from the shrine niche above.2012-05-07May 13 20122012-05-13 +2 copiesMay 09 20122012-05-09 +1 copiesA temple shrine lit by a flame. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in a red-brown dhoti with a sacred thread and gold necklace holds a lit lamp or camphor flame before an ornate shrine niche decorated with red flowers and a garland. The deity murti inside the niche is partly obscured by the flowers. Brass lamps stand on a stone ledge below, and a second attendant in white is partly visible at the right edge. Warm light and a lit lamp row frame the arched temple wall above.2012-05-07A photograph of a shaven-headed priest in an orange-saffron cloth seated before an ornate golden shrine with a small deity murti, arms extended over a lit oil lamp and brass vessels on a wooden stand. Rudraksha malas hang around his neck. A standing attendant in white dhoti and a white shirt stands at left, partly visible, holding a sacred object. The scene reads as a puja or aarti at a temple shrine.2012-05-13May 09 20122012-05-09 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05May 13 20122012-05-13 +2 copiesPhoto 11725468 +3 copiesMay 09 20122012-05-09 +1 copiesMay 14 20122012-05-14June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copies