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A photograph of a temple-style shrine area with a dark blue curtain, brass oil lamps on stands and a decorated altar ledge holding brass vessels, a plate of yellow flowers and a lit flame. A banana plant with green bunches and flower garlands decorates the pillar. Five men in saffron-orange robes stand in a row facing the shrine; the nearest man on the right wears an orange turban and a rudraksha mala. Another man in orange holds a small brass vessel at the altar, and a man in white dhoti at the far right stands by a doorway. Several figures wear orange turbans.

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December 30 20082008-12-30A photo of four people in saffron-orange robes standing in a shrine area before a decorated deity murti at Bidadi Adheenam during Jayanti Brahmotsavam celebrations. The deity is adorned with garlands of red, yellow and green flowers; a small red-clad figure sits before it. Brass oil lamps stand on a stone platform beside offerings of fruit and flowers, with a blue drape and banana leaves behind. The two figures on the right wear orange turbans and rudraksha malas; the figure at right has hands joined in prayer. The two figures in front are shown from behind, one with long dark hair, one bald.2008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30A photograph of a temple courtyard at dusk where several saffron-robed sannyasis stand barefoot in a line facing a stone shrine ledge. A younger man in an orange robe with a maroon sash stands at the right, holding a lit flame toward brass lamps and a kalasha-like vessel on the ledge, apparently performing aarti. Other people in white dhotis stand at the left, and a red-clad deity murti with a garland is visible at the right edge. A banana plant, red cloth hanging and whitewashed buildings frame the scene. Five people in saffron robes are visible, plus two or three in white.2009-10-15December 30 20082008-12-30Outdoor temple courtyard at dusk with a white building and corrugated roof behind. Several saffron-robed monastics stand and move along a stone platform, and the figure in the foreground right extends an arm toward a brass lamp. Brass oil lamps and a kalasha-style brass vessel sit on the stone ledge, with a banana plant and a red cloth hanging behind. At right, a seated figure in red robes with a garland rests beside the offerings. A man in white dhoti with an orange shawl stands at left, and a man in white clothing stands behind the group. Ritual lamp offering appears in progress.2009-10-15December 30 20082008-12-30December 31 20082008-12-31Five men in saffron-orange robes stand in a row in a whitewashed courtyard with a corrugated roof, facing a carved stone shrine on the right. The man at the front right holds a lit flame aloft in his raised right hand while the others stand with palms pressed together in anjali mudra. A banana plant grows beside the stone structure, and a tray of brass lamps is laid out on a red cloth in the lower left. Behind them a doorway opens onto an inner shrine area. The scene resembles an aarti at a shrine, with the flame offering as the focal action.2009-10-15December 30 20082008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30