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A photograph at night of a man with long dark hair and a beard, wearing an orange saffron cloth draped over his body and bare-chested, standing at left with palms pressed together in namaskar before a deity murti. The murti is a seated pair of deities on a grey stone pedestal, decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands, crowns and silver ornaments; one figure wears a red garment. A brass oil lamp and metal pots sit on the stone floor, with small lights along the base of the shrine behind a grey pillared stone structure. The scene reads as puja or darshan at a temple during Shivaratri.

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February 16 20072007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16Night ritual photograph at a temple shrine. A man with long dark hair and a full beard, wearing an orange saffron robe, stands at left holding a lit lamp or arati flame in his right hand and a small brass bell in his left. Before him sits a large deity murti pair of seated figures, one with a red and white headpiece and garlanded red-and-white attire, the other with an ornate crown and red-green garment, both draped in red and white flower garlands. A brass oil lamp stands at left, and a golden kalasha-like base sits in front of the murti with a dark stone pedestal below. A second man in pale robes is partly visible at far left. Grey stone pillars frame the shrine under dark trees.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16A figure in long flowing orange saffron robes with long dark hair stands at left with palms pressed together in anjali, facing a pair of seated deity murti on a raised dark stone base. The seated deities are gilded or painted metal figures draped with yellow and red marigold garlands, one wearing a crown and the other a tall ornate headdress with red and green dress. Oil lamps glow along the base, and a small brass vessel sits on the floor beside the stone pillar. A cloth-wrapped golden pedestal sits in front of the statues. This appears to be a nighttime temple ritual setting with lamps and garlanded images. A label credits a person with the image.2007-02-16A photograph of a temple shrine at night. A figure with long dark hair and a bare upper body, wearing an orange saffron cloth wrapped around the waist, leans forward to offer a garland of yellow and orange flowers to a small black stone lingam on a golden base. Behind it stands a silver-and-gold deity murti of a seated couple, adorned with red and yellow garlands, a silver crown, and a red-and-green silk garment. The shrine has grey stone pillars and a dim ceiling. The offering figure is a physical person, and the statues are not counted.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with long, swept-back dark hair and a rudraksha mala leans forward to touch a stone shivalinga at the base of a deity murti. The murti is a seated Shiva and Parvati pair with silver crowns, yellow and red marigold garlands, gold-trimmed red and green silk, and gold bangles. A second robed attendant stands at left. Oil lamps glow along the lower edge of a stone temple shrine at night, with a gold yoni-pitha base and dark stone plinth in front. The scene suggests a Shivaratri night puja. The man's distinctive long hair, saffron clothing and mala form a probable Swamiji candidate.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16Night photograph of a temple shrine with a devotee bent over a black shiva lingam set on a stone yoni-pitha base, pouring liquid over it. The devotee has long dark hair, bare upper torso and an orange-saffron dhoti, and is barefoot. Behind the lingam sits a pair of ornately dressed deity murtis, one with a crown and a red-and-white garment, the other with a gold crown and red sari-like drapery, both wearing yellow-and-orange marigold garlands. Strings of lights and metal vessels are visible at the lower left, with dark trees in the background.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16