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A photograph inside a small shrine chamber showing a black stone Shivalinga draped with a white cloth and garlanded with white flower strands. A priest in a red-orange cloth with rudraksha beads and a white tilak on his forehead stands at left with his hand raised to his head. A second man with bare upper body and red-brown beads stands beside him. At right, a bare-chested attendant with rudraksha beads holds a brass aarti plate with a lit oil lamp toward the linga.

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May 18 20122012-05-18A dim shrine chamber with a dark stone linga draped in a white cloth and a white flower garland with a yellow bloom, a small flame at its base. In the foreground a woman with hair in a bun and a rudraksha headband, wearing a rudraksha and bead mala, bows her head with white ash marks on her forehead. Beside her an older man with a shaved head, bare torso, white ash and a rudraksha and bead necklace looks toward the murti. At right a younger man with a red-brown cloth and a bead necklace stands near the lamp. A flame burns in a brass lamp at lower right, and the walls are yellow and red.2012-05-18 +1 copiesA photograph of a small shrine interior during a lamp offering. In the centre, a white-draped, pale stone or painted form with a garland of white flowers and a yellow flower hangs against a dark background, with a lit flame in front of it. In the foreground, a bare-chested young man with dark curly hair and a dark bead necklace leans forward to light a brass aarti lamp on a tray with a small flame. Beside him, an elderly bald man with a white and brown rudraksha bead mala and a headband of beads reaches toward the tray. At the left edge, a woman with a beaded headband, hoop earrings and red-brown beaded jewellery is partly visible. A framed devotional picture of a deity hangs at the right edge.2012-05-18Photograph of two devotees in rudraksha mala garlands standing before a dark stone or metal murti draped in a white cloth, with a white flower garland and a small yellow flower at the neck. A lit oil lamp flame sits above the figure. The man in front, seen in profile from behind, wears a rudraksha headband and a white vibhuti line on his forehead, with an earring and a reddish-orange cloth. Behind him an older man, bald and bare-chested, wears a rudraksha headband and a long bone-and-rudraksha mala and gazes at the figure. Edges of other people appear at the right. The wall is pale yellow with a red vertical stripe. Deity murti, darshan, puja setting.2012-05-18A dimly lit stone temple interior with carved stone walls. A shirtless priest in a white dhoti with a yellow border holds a brass tray with a lit oil lamp and offerings while bowing toward a dark shrine niche. A woman with hair pulled back and beaded necklaces, wearing a blue garment, stands with hands folded beside him. On the right, a bald elderly man with a rudraksha bead necklace wears a white flower garland and a red garland and gold earrings, his hands held together in prayer. Another woman with beaded jewellery stands at left. A small black deity murti sits in the niche.2012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18Dim stone temple interior with carved stone walls behind. A bald elderly priest on the right wears a white flower garland, a beaded rudraksha-style headband and a saffron-toned cloth, his hands raised in a gesture toward a carved niche. A younger bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands center, leaning in and holding a brass plate with a lit oil lamp and offerings. A woman with a beaded headband and dark hair stands at the left edge, partially visible. The scene suggests a temple puja or aarti with an oil lamp.2012-05-18April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesPhotograph inside a dim temple sanctum: a shirtless priest in white dhoti bends over a shrine with a lit oil lamp, while another priest beside him holds his hands near the flame. In the foreground, two people in saffron-orange garments stand with their backs partly to the camera; the nearer one wears a rudraksha mala crossing the shoulder, a headband of beads and a large beaded necklace, the other a white and beaded necklace. A brass kalasha/pot is visible at the lower right edge, and a small lamp stands on the wall at right. No one is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; the figures in saffron are devotees or attendants.2012-05-18Inside a dimly lit stone temple shrine, a woman with hair in a bun and a rudraksha headband and bracelets, wearing an orange-red garment, stands in the foreground with her arm raised to her forehead, facing an inner sanctum. Beside her, a man with bare shoulders and a shaved head in an orange cloth bears white-painted markings. In the sanctum, a man in white dhoti with a bare torso tends an oil lamp burning on a silver-clad altar or yoni pitha before a deity murti, with a small lamp lit at the doorway ledge. A bright golden kalasha is visible at the lower right edge. Rudraksha malas are worn by the devotees.2012-05-18September 18 20062006-09-18May 18 20122012-05-18