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September 12 20152015-09-12Photograph inside a decorated shrine room with gold-plated ceremonial lamps and ornate gilded arches. A seated figure in red-orange robes, wearing a matching orange turban, a long beaded mala and a bead necklace, sits on a gold-framed throne before two deity murtis adorned with garlands and jewellery. In the right foreground a standing person in an orange turban and saffron-orange shawl with gold border, bare-armed with gold bangles, stands with palms joined in namaste facing the throne. Red and yellow flowers and a striped mat lie on the floor. Tall brass lamps and a kalasha-style standard frame the scene.2015-09-12A standing man at left presses his palms together in añjali mudra in front of a decorated altar with a red cloth. He wears a rust-red dhoti-style garment, an ornate gold necklace and gold armbands, with a jeweled crown-like headdress. Beside him a second man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and folded hands stands. On the altar, a small seated deity murti is adorned with a garland and an orange and blue silk shawl, with a large seated murti behind it wearing an orange-and-blue draped garment and a white ornament. Brass oil lamps (deepas) stand on the red floor, a flame burns in a brass dish with white flower garland, and bowls of rose petals sit nearby.2016-05-24September 14 20152015-09-14May 24 20162016-05-24May 24 20162016-05-24September 14 20152015-09-14December 02 20172017-12-02November 27 20172017-11-27April 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25A photograph inside a decorated temple tent during a ritual. In the left foreground a man in a rust-red saffron robe and a dark turban with gold ornaments holds a brass oil lamp in both hands, with a long gold-beaded garland on his chest, and wears gold bangles. Behind him a man in white dhoti and a woman in red sari stand with palms pressed in prayer. On the right, a large ornate deity murti wears an orange and silver-embroidered garment, a bejewelled crown and a silver necklace, and a smaller decorated figure lies on a striped cushion beside it. A tall golden lamp stand, a brass kalasha, brass oil lamps and a red-draped table stand nearby, with a gold-framed chair and ornate pillars behind.2016-05-24