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A man stands on an orange cloth mat in a temple hall with palms pressed together in namaskar. He has a dark turban-style headwrap, bare torso with a red and white sacred thread and beaded necklaces, and a leopard-print and gold-bordered dhoti. Behind him, deity murtis are decorated with yellow and white marigold garlands; a garland-draped kalasha stands at right, and banana plants and red cloth hang nearby. Scaffolding and a wet stone floor show ongoing construction.

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February 13 20182018-02-13March 02 20182018-03-02A man in a saffron-orange robe with a bright red and yellow garland stands at right in a namaste pose, hands pressed together. Beside him, on a raised stone platform, is a shrine with a large deity murti seated on a purple and red cloth, decorated with yellow and white flower garlands and a golden crown, flanked by other figures in yellow and in a grey-black dress with a red turban. Stone pillars and an orange curtain frame the scene.2018-03-02A photograph inside a temple shrine at night showing a man standing barefoot on a woven mat with palms pressed together in namaste. He wears a saffron-orange robe, a garland of yellow and orange marigolds, and a forehead tilak. Behind him, a red curtain hangs beside a scaffold. In front of him stands a raised stone platform holding a group of painted deity murtis: a figure with a trident and purple skin on the left, a central seated deity with a crown and gold-trimmed red-and-purple cloth and garland, a standing figure in yellow sari-like drapery, and a seated saint-like statue in orange on the right. Oil lamps and offerings sit on the platform.2018-03-02A man in saffron-orange sannyasi robes stands barefoot at right with palms pressed together in namaste, wearing a marigold and red rose garland and a light forehead mark. Behind him, a shrine platform holds a large deity murti with a crown and garlands, flanked by standing figures in yellow, pink and green dress and a gilded arch. A lower stone plinth carved with floral motifs supports small oil lamps and offerings in front of the murti. Red curtains hang at the right edge.2018-03-02March 02 20182018-03-02A photograph of a shaven-headed man with a dark turban-like head covering and a vertical white mark on the forehead, walking barefoot across a wet stone floor inside a temple. He wears a bare chest with a dark red shawl draped over one shoulder, a leopard-print and gold dhoti-style wrap, and a long rudraksha mala with a gold-toned ceremonial necklace; his hands are whitened with ash. He steps onto a folded orange cloth near a stone platform decorated with yellow and red flower garlands. Behind him are banana bunches, red and gold drapes, a bamboo pole, and a small wooden table with containers. Some people visible do not appear.2018-02-13March 03 20112011-03-03 +1 copiesMarch 03 20112011-03-03 +1 copiesMarch 10 20132013-03-10May 30 20182018-05-30March 02 20182018-03-02