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A photograph of a temple shrine where a man in an orange-brown dhoti and bare back performs aarti with a lit oil lamp before a decorated deity murti garlanded with red, yellow and white flower garlands. Two women in red saris sit kneeling on the floor at the lower right, one with long hair, and a bronze nandi-like black sculpture of a bull appears at the lower left. Brass lamps, a framed portrait, gold ritual implements and a kalasha sit on the platform, and the shrine is adorned with floral garlands and colourful fabric.

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A photograph of a temple shrine with deity murtis draped in colourful garlands of red, orange and green flowers. In the foreground a man with short dark hair, bare-backed and wearing an orange-red dhoti-style wrap, raises a copper kalasha or lamp toward the central deity, an act of aarti or abhishekam. Two women in red saris kneel at the shrine's front; one has long dark hair, the other shorter curly hair. Brass oil lamps stand on the tiled platform, with a Nandi statue in black stone at left and a small framed photograph and offering plates in front.2008-10-15A photograph of a seated priest in saffron-orange robes with red borders, wearing a long gold-toned bead necklace and a red tilak on his forehead, performing an aarti-type offering with a small silver lamp and bell-shaped vessel at a shrine. Behind him sits a large decorated deity murti in a gilded throne with a colourful floral garland, and to the right a black Shiva lingam crowned with a gold crown and draped in red, yellow and white flower garlands. A small blue standing figure, brass lamps and flowers sit on the raised platform, with a red and gold patterned backdrop and a colourful embroidered banner behind. Pages attribute the event to a person, but the figure's appearance is uncertain, so he is described only by role.2008-10-16October 16 20082008-10-16October 16 20082008-10-16October 16 20082008-10-16October 15 20082008-10-15October 22 20082008-10-22October 22 20082008-10-22A man in saffron-orange robes with a red border and a gold chain stands before a golden canopied palanquin decorated with red and white flower garlands and peacock feathers. He holds a lit oil lamp in one hand and a bell in the other, performing aarti. Beside him, a woman in a grey-green sari with a red beaded necklace smiles and watches. A gold kalasha, plates of fruit including bananas, oranges and apples, and flowers sit on a red mat at the foreground. Behind them, a man in white dhoti attends and a deity murti is draped in silk cloths in orange, white and maroon. Other statues stand in the background.2008-10-15Photo 11704043 +1 copiesJanuary 03 20162016-01-03 +1 copiesNovember 01 20112011-11-01