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A woman in white garments and a red shawl stands in front of a shrine outdoors under trees. She wears dark sunglasses, a white head covering, sacred ash on her forehead and a red bindi, and she is smiling while holding a bundle of white cloth on her head. Behind her is a deity murti, dark-faced and gold-bodied, seated on a golden base and wreathed in garlands of yellow, white, red and green flowers, with a trident-like staff. Before the shrine sit baskets of flowers, banana leaves and a heap of small white packets arranged on a red-stone platform.

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A woman in white clothes with a red shawl places a white cloth bag of offerings at the base of a large golden-and-black statue of a seated sage holding a staff. The figure wears a red-brown dhoti, a red turban, a heavy gold and bead necklace and gold armlets. The statue is framed by a garland arch of yellow marigolds, red roses and white flowers, with a purple cloth behind and leafy trees around. Many small white and lilac bundles sit on the ornate golden pedestal, which stands on a red rock base. This is a deity or guru murti being offered bhiksha, with no a person candidate identifiable as a living person in the scene.2013-07-22December 28 20092009-12-28Outdoor photo of a shrine under trees at an ashram grounds. A large seated deity murti, dark-faced with a golden body and red-brown cloth, is adorned with a garland arch of yellow, orange, red and white flowers and holds a trident-like staff. Many small white cloth-wrapped offerings sit at its base on a red rocky platform. A white-clad man in a white kurta walks left in front of the shrine, and a woman in white with a red border stands at the right, raising her hand toward the murti in reverence. Two more partially visible people are at the lower edges, one in a red sari.2013-07-22A devotee in an orange-saffron robe stands at right, holding a lit camphor flame in one hand and a brass handbell in the other, performing aarti before a seated deity murti. The murti is draped in red-orange cloth, wears gold jewellery and a red crown, and sits on a gold throne beneath a white arched shrine frame. Its body is garlanded with marigolds and bright green and white flower strings. Brass lamps and offerings lie on a small stone table before it. The scene is set under shady trees in an open outdoor shrine area, with a few distant figures in orange and white clothing visible in the background. The devotee's robe matches the saffron of the murti's cloth, and the setting is an outdoor puja.2009-07-07Outdoors under a large spreading tree, a gold-painted murti of a seated deity with a black face and gold crown sits in a silver arch, draped in garlands of yellow, red, purple and white flowers. Its red base and a black-and-white painted serpent coil at the front. A person in an orange robe with a white and multicoloured flower garland stands at right, holding a brass bell in one hand and a brass oil lamp with a flame in the other, performing puja. Brass lamps and flower offerings are arranged nearby.2009-12-23A devotee in a saffron-orange dress with a yellow-bordered sash stands at right, pouring liquid from a silver vessel onto a large black stone statue of a standing deity murti at left. The devotee wears white and multicolour garlands and gold bangles, and their face is tilted up with a smear of white on the forehead. A second robed attendant in orange is partly visible at the far right edge, and a light mist or spray rises near the statue.2015-02-05March 08 20052005-03-08July 22 20132013-07-22July 07 20092009-07-07July 22 20132013-07-22January 01 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesOutdoor temple ritual under a large shady banyan-type tree. On the left stands a golden deity murti draped with garlands of white, yellow, purple and green flowers and an orange sash, set on a red-painted base with offering plates. In the centre a man in a white dhoti-style shirt with a yellow shawl pours or applies a white substance onto the head of a kneeling man in white; to the right a second man in white raises a white cloth bundle over another devotee's head. Several other people in white and in a blue saree sit or stand in the background among trees and tents. Offering plates with fruit and flowers sit on a white-clothed table.2010-02-12