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Outdoor scene at a small shrine in a leafy garden. On the left, a black stone Shiva lingam wrapped in a blue cloth and garlanded with orange and yellow flowers stands beside a red-draped wall and a mound of red-painted stones with a red-topped element. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-red dhoti and shawl, a rudraksha mala and a white sacred thread, stands barefoot on the right, facing the shrine with hands folded. Another person in orange-red robes stands further back near a tree trunk. Tree trunks and green foliage surround the courtyard.

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October 27 20112011-10-27September 24 20112011-09-24September 24 20112011-09-24Outdoor temple courtyard under leafy trees. In the foreground a woman with hair tied up in a bun, wearing an orange saffron sari and a beaded necklace, stands with her back to the camera facing a black deity murti draped in red cloth and garlanded with marigolds. Beside it a red-painted shivalingam-like mound and a small stone altar stand on a circular platform. Further back a man in white dhoti with a golden border and bare upper body stands on a stone path. Red walls and rangoli designs at the lower right.2011-09-24October 27 20112011-10-27March 13 20132013-03-13March 22 20132013-03-22Outdoor temple courtyard under leafy trees with sandy ground. On the left, a dark stone Shiva lingam-style murti draped in white cloth, in front of a red-painted stone mound with a coiled dark serpent sculpture and a small oil lamp on a stand. In the centre, a man in a salmon-pink dhoti stands barefoot with palms joined in prayer, facing the murti. Behind him, a younger man in white dhoti and orange shawl stands with hands folded, and two sannyasi-clad men in orange robes stand by a round stone-rimmed well-like structure; the one on the right holds a small object and wears a shaved head with orange garments. Stone steps lead across the ground. The swami-style figures are priests or devotees, and no one is clearly identifiable as a person.2011-10-21A man with long dark hair and bare feet stands in an outdoor grove beneath a large banyan tree, hands pressed together in namaskar. He wears a red-and-maroon striped dhoti and a matching wrap with a rudraksha-style cord at his neck. Before him on a raised black stone dais sits a dark deity murti wearing an orange saffron cloth, a white flower garland and a gold-coloured necklace, with a red cloth backdrop. Red-painted stones, a brass bell and a small stone altar sit in the foreground beside a clear glass box.2011-09-01December 12 20112011-12-12An outdoor photograph in a shaded grove of large trees. A standing figure in a long-sleeved orange-saffron robe and orange dhoti, with long dark hair swept back, presses palms together in namaskar before a shrine. The shrine holds a dark murti draped in orange cloth and marigold garlands, set within a white arched frame, with a heap of red kumkum or red powder piled at its base. Two bald men in white dhotis, one holding a white cloth, stand to the right at a distance. The floor before the shrine is a dark polished stone slab.2010-11-18 +2 copiesMarch 23 20132013-03-23