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July 20 20102010-07-20July 20 20102010-07-20July 20 20102010-07-20July 20 20102010-07-20A dim shrine lit by string lights and oil lamps shows a deity murti seated on a golden throne, decorated with yellow, orange and red flower garlands and red drapery. Several men in white dhotis and yellow shawls stand before the altar, one holding a small brass object. Brass lamps line the sides of the shrine, and a pot of flowers sits at the base of the altar. Copyright and source text is overlaid in the lower right corner.2009-12-30A temple shrine scene with a golden arched niche holding a deity murti of a seated couple adorned with flower garlands, gold crowns and red-and-gold garments. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt stands with hands folded in namaskar, and a figure in a white dhoti and white shirt stands at the altar offering a lit aarti or oil lamp. A person in a saffron-orange robe with an orange head wrap and long dark hair stands with back to camera, beside an altar with brass lamps, a kalasha-like vessel, banana plants and flower decorations. A background sign and blue drapes complete the setting. The scene reads as a puja or aarti at the shrine.2008-12-30July 20 20102010-07-20July 20 20102010-07-20Photograph of a temple shrine with a gilded arched niche holding a deity murti of a seated couple adorned with gold ornaments, red-and-yellow garlands and a kalasha-like vessel at the centre. Three people stand before the shrine in devotion: a man in a white shirt on the left, a man in white dhoti with a yellow shawl lighting or offering at the altar, and a person in orange robes with long hair on the right with hands folded. Brass lamps with flames, brass stands and a sandstone carved pillared structure surround the shrine, with orange cloth hanging to the left.2010-07-07June 05 20122012-06-05November 12 20102010-11-12A photograph of a temple shrine at dusk where several priests in orange and maroon dhotis with gold borders, and one priest in a white dhoti with gold border, are decorating a deity murti. The murti of a crowned, seated deity couple, adorned with gold jewellery, is festooned with long garlands in pink, purple, yellow and white flowers forming an arch behind them. A priest in a red garment stands on a raised platform reaching up to adjust the garlands. Brass oil lamps stand on either side, a kalasha and small offering plates sit on the floor, and a marigold garland decorates the lower steps. Four visible people stand near the shrine. a person's presence is not clearly established.2014-11-26