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January 12 20172017-01-12January 12 20172017-01-12January 12 20172017-01-12January 13 20172017-01-13July 19 20162016-07-19February 09 20122012-02-09January 12 20172017-01-12June 23 20172017-06-23A photograph inside a gold-decorated temple shrine. A man in a shaved-head, white-robed priest's attire stands at left, holding a silver tray with offerings toward the altar. Centre, a man in a flowing saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and red tilak raises one arm in blessing, standing beside gilded deity murti figures adorned with red and white flower garlands and gold crowns. In the foreground, a seated figure in orange robes and a red turban sits at a garlanded altar with brass vessels and a kalasha. Gold drapery and a gilded arch frame the scene. a person candidate is the standing saffron-robed man with the raised arm, by appearance, with rudraksha and saffron clothing as cues.2012-02-09Outdoor temple ritual viewed from behind a crowd of devotees with raised hands. A young man with a shaved head, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti and rudraksha beads, stands at a stone altar offering a ritual vessel and gesturing toward the deities. Behind him, a golden deity murti under a multi-hooded naga canopy is garlanded with red and white flowers, with brass oil lamps and gold kalasha-like vessels arranged on the altar. A painted figure in red clothing sits to the left, and a deity figure in green is visible at the top. Several devotees in foreground, some bare-chested and some in white, watch and raise their palms in worship.2017-01-29October 18 20152015-10-18May 13 20152015-05-13