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A seated figure in a red-brown dhoti and red garment wears a tall black turban, multiple rudraksha malas, a gold necklace, and a long garland of yellow and red flowers, with white gloves on the hands. Around him, several devotees in white dhotis and orange-red robes, some with white vibhuti on their foreheads, kneel and tend to him at a stone platform, pouring and offering. Behind is a shrine decorated with floral garlands, a golden arch, and a deity murti flanked by two more garlanded figures.

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March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07A photograph inside a temple shrine during a Mahashivaratri abhishekam. A central seated figure wears a tall black turban, a gold necklace and a red-orange dhoti-style garment with a long rudraksha mala and a long yellow and red flower garland; his hands are gloved in white. Behind him, a deity murti with garlands and a gold crown stands in front of a multicolored garlanded arch and a stone shivalinga platform. Two attendants in white dhotis and a priest in a blue cloth sit nearby, and a devotee in orange sits at the right. Several onlookers in white and orange are seen in the foreground, with white ritual powder on the floor and the shrine.2016-03-07A photograph inside a stone-pillared shrine with a deity murti and decorated altar, where a central figure in a red-and-gold garment, wearing a large black-and-gold turban, a gold necklace and a yellow-orange flower garland, sits on the altar area smiling. Behind him, a shrine with a mandala-like arch of marigold and yellow garlands frames three murtis, including a seated figure. Around him, devotees wear rudraksha malas and red-orange clothing, with white forehead markings; a woman in blue-green and a child stand nearby, and an older man in white dhoti stands with bare back. Flower offerings, a plate and a small bowl sit on the floor, indicating a puja or padapuja setting. Seven people are visible in the frame, including partly visible ones at the edges.2016-03-07Inside a stone shrine, a seated figure in a red-orange cloth and gold necklace, with a large dark upswept hairstyle and white forehead marks, sits on a stone platform being honoured by attendants. Behind them, deity murti of a goddess and god stand in a shrine niche framed by yellow and orange flower garlands. Attendants in red-orange cloths with rudraksha malas and white ash marks surround the seated figure; one man in white dhoti holds a flower garland. Devotees, including children, crowd in the foreground. Plates of offerings and marigold garlands lie on the platform, consistent with a puja or padapuja.2016-03-07A photograph of a temple ritual at a shrine with carved stone pillars and a tiled roof. A central figure with a tall black-and-white turban-like headdress, a rudraksha mala, a gold necklace and an orange-red cloth sits on a stone platform, arms extended over water, with yellow and orange marigold garlands draped around him. Behind him stand decorated deity murtis under a garland-framed arch, with flower garlands on the side figures. Around the platform, white-clad men in dhoti and sacred thread and women in orange and cream saris with white forehead markings attend the abhishekam, handling trays and cloth. a person is seated centrally, identified by the tall swept headdress, rudraksha mala and gold necklace; those cues are appearance-based only.2016-03-07A photograph inside a temple shrine at a ritual event. A seated central figure in a dark turban, red garment and layered gold necklaces wears a flower garland of red, yellow and white blooms and has white markings on the forehead. Before him stands a shrine with deity murti and a canopy of garlands in red, yellow and white. A man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl reaches up toward the shrine, while people in white dhotis and red-and-gold saris, some with white paste on their faces and rudraksha malas, stand around the platform. Bananas and offerings lie on the stone base. Strings of marigold garlands hang around the carved stone pillars.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07A temple shrine with a central seated figure in a dark, tall turban-like hairstyle, wearing a saffron-red cloth, a gold chest necklace and a yellow-and-red marigold garland, bathed in white powder on the forehead and arms. Behind him, a deity murti group of a standing figure with a crown and a seated consort is adorned with colourful garlands. Two more statues in ornate garlands stand flanking the shrine. In front, a man in white kneels with folded hands, a bare-chested devotee in orange tends the offerings beside a shallow stone basin, and a woman is seen from behind. The scene suggests an abhishekam at a Shiva shrine, with white powder and water on the stone platform.2016-03-07