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A photograph inside a temple doorway showing a bare-chested priest in a green cloth and white forehead marking holding a brass aarti lamp with several flames toward a seated figure in orange robes with long dark hair who bows with hands raised to the head. Two seated devotees in orange clothing with folded hands and sandalwood forehead marks sit to the left, and a white-dhoti-clad attendant stands at right. Behind them, a silver-clad deity murti and garlands are visible, with carved stone walls framing the entrance.

May 18 2012

Inside a temple hall with carved stone pillars, a long-haired figure in a bright orange saffron garment and gold necklace holds a lit oil lamp over a silver tray of offerings with a red-and-white cloth on a stone ledge. Beside them, a bald man in orange cloth with gold beads, a man in white dhoti with a white head marking, and a man in green beaded necklace with palms pressed together witness the aarti. Several other devotees stand behind in white and orange clothing. a person-like figure in saffron with long swept-back hair and gold ornaments performs the lamp offering.

A night-time temple scene in which a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a striped cloth over his shoulder holds a lit flame or camphor plate toward a man in a rust-red robe and long dark hair, who has his palms pressed to his forehead. The man wears a long brown rudraksha-style mala around his neck and a bead band on his arm. Beside him, a young attendant in saffron-orange cloth holds a brass kalasha. Behind them, devotees stand watching near iron grilled enclosures and temple pillars, with a shrine containing deity murti visible behind the grille. Smoke or incense drifts through the air. A man in a pink shirt and dark trousers stands at left. This appears to be an aarti or pooja being offered.

January 08 2010

2010-01-08 +1 copies

May 18 2012

A dim stone shrine chamber where a worshipper kneels at the lower right to light an oil lamp placed before a tall dark lingam covered partly by a white cloth. Three men stand behind: a figure in a green-and-gold silk shawl with a white flower garland, eyes covered and hands raised in prayer; a figure in orange saffron cloth with a rudraksha mala and a long swept-back hair knot, hands joined at the chest; and a bald man in orange holding a silver vessel at the upper right. Small red and white temple-motif papers are pinned on the wall behind the lingam, and a man in white is partly visible at the left edge. The scene shows a shrine puja with an oil lamp.

2012-05-18 +1 copies

A photograph inside a temple doorway at night, showing a group of men in saffron-orange robes performing an aarti ritual. A figure in the centre wears an orange robe with a yellow marigold garland and gold necklace, holding a lit oil lamp flame over a small brass dish. Beside him a shaved-headed man in orange holds a brass plate of offerings, and a bare-chested attendant in a white dhoti holds a silver tray. A young man in white with a white forehead band stands at left with a rudraksha mala, and a crowd of onlookers fills the background. Yellow flowers lie on a dark stone shivalinga-style base in the foreground. Several people wear rudraksha malas.

February 02 2010

Photograph inside a stone temple hall with carved pillars. A central figure with long dark wavy hair, a white forehead mark, orange saffron robes and a thick gold-beaded necklace with a gold bangle on the upper arm holds his hands over a lit oil lamp on a metal tray of offerings, possibly aarti. Two men in orange robes with gold necklaces stand behind him, one holding a gold vessel, and a bare-chested priest with red beads stands at left. Devotees in white dhotis and shirts stand with folded hands along the right, with a crowd behind them.

Inside a temple hall with carved stone pillars, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti and white sacred markings holds a brass lamp with flames toward a seated woman in saffron robes and gold jewellery who has her palms pressed to her forehead. Beside her, a man in orange robes with a gold necklace sits with hands folded, and an older man in orange sits near the flame. Several onlookers in orange, white and other clothing sit or stand behind, some with hands folded in prayer. On the left, an elderly man in white holds a silver ceremonial staff. The scene appears to be an aarti or fire ritual during a devotional gathering.

May 18 2012