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A photograph inside a temple hall with a polished wooden floor and stone pillars. Two figures sit on ornate gold thrones at the right. The seated figure nearest the camera wears an orange robe, a red and gold turban-style headdress, and a long white and red garland, and rests one hand near his head. A second seated figure beside him wears an orange robe, a gold necklace, and a garland, and smiles. Behind them stand a man in an orange robe holding a ritual object and several men in white dhotis and shirts with hands folded. On the left, seated devotees in white and orange saris and white clothing watch. A man in white prostrates on the floor in the foreground. Appearance-based cues on the nearer seated figure (turban, garland, orange robe, throne) suggest a person, but identity is uncertain.

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May 12 20122012-05-12May 12 20122012-05-12May 12 20122012-05-12Indoor temple scene with a polished stone floor and a tall pillared corridor opening to daylight. Two ornate golden thrones with carved backs and red cushions stand on the right. Seated on the nearer throne is a bald, bare-chested man in a saffron-orange cloth, wearing a white and red flower garland; he has no visible long hair, crown or mala, so his identity is not established by appearance. Beside him sits another robed man in orange-red with a flower garland. Standing figures in white dhotis and shirts, several with orange-bordered cloths, watch. In the foreground a young man in a white shirt and white dhoti lies prostrate face-down on the floor, arms stretched in front, in a sashtanga-style pranam. A white-clad older man bends forward with hands folded nearby.2012-05-12May 09 20122012-05-09November 22 20152015-11-22May 12 20122012-05-12May 12 20122012-05-12A seated figure in a saffron-orange robe and matching orange turban sits on an ornate golden throne with a tall gilded back before dark red drapes. He wears a long layered rudraksha-style mala and a gold ceremonial necklace, and one hand is extended. Around him, devotees in white dhotis and saris with gold borders bow and attend: a man in white with a gold-bordered dhoti rests a hand on the head of a bowing person in white, and a woman in a white sari holds up a small paper, while others in orange garments stand nearby. A brass lamp stands at the left and a gold-edged dais sits below the throne. The appearance matches the a person cues of saffron clothing, turban and mala on the throne, so the seated figure is a person in person.2015-11-22May 09 20122012-05-09 +1 copiesA temple interior shows two men seated on ornate gold thrones with red cushions. The seated man on the left wears orange robes, a red-and-white garland of beads and a headband, holding a small golden vessel. The seated man on the right is bald, bare-chested, wears orange cloth, multiple rudraksha malas and a sandalwood forehead mark, and holds a small white cloth. Standing attendants in white dhotis with gold borders and orange-clad devotees surround them, and a devotee lies prostrate in the foreground in full pranam. Stone pillars and a polished stone floor complete the setting.2012-05-09November 18 20152015-11-18