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A photograph of devotees at a red-painted temple shrine doorway with a metal lattice grille. A woman with hair in a bun, wearing a marigold and white garland and a rust-red cloth draped over her shoulder with a leopard-print skirt, holds a green tray with fruit and money offerings toward the inner shrine. Beside her, a man in saffron-orange robes and glasses holds a striped tiger-print cloth, and an older person with grey hair in an orange garment stands near the entrance. Inside, a small white altar holds a deity murti in a dim interior.

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Photo taken in a red-walled temple corridor at night. A man on the left with long dark hair, a white tilak on his forehead, a marigold and white flower garland, a red cloth and a leopard-print lower wrap holds out a teal silk tray with apples, banknotes and a folded paper toward a bald man in orange ochre robes and a striped tiger-print shawl on the right, who receives it. A white-bearded elderly man in orange stands between them behind a red metal grille, with a deity murti visible in a shrine niche behind. The left man and the bald man are the primary people in the scene; their prominence and ceremonial role suggest an offering exchange. The left man's hair and ornamentation do not clearly match the a person cues, so identity is uncertain.2014-05-26A photograph at night of an elderly white-bearded man in a peach-coloured kurta and rudraksha mala, with a red tilak on his forehead, holding a tray covered by a teal and gold-bordered cloth heaped with apples and pomegranates. A woman in a red blouse with a white flower garland faces him and reaches toward the tray. Behind them a younger shaved-headed man in maroon-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and tiger-striped shawl stands with hands folded in namaste. Red pillars frame the left edge. Another figure in orange stands in the background.2014-05-26October 03 20152015-10-03February 13 20182018-02-13Photograph inside a red-painted shrine with red iron grille gates, where a red-cloth-turbaned figure seen from behind with a white flower garland and a marigold-orange and gold-bordered shawl stands facing a small inner shrine draped with red and white flower garlands. To the left a bald man in saffron robes and glasses stands beside an older white-bearded man in orange, while on the right a bearded sadhu with long hair, orange shawl and rudraksha beads stands at the grille. The scene shows a devotee visit to a temple in Varanasi, with visible shrine ornaments and garlands.2015-10-03February 13 20182018-02-13May 18 20122012-05-18A photograph of a temple sanctum with a bearded priest on the left, bare-chested in an ochre dhoti and sacred thread, holding a plate with a lit oil lamp. In the centre, a bald priest with white and red forehead markings and a red rudraksha mala wears a white garland and gold armlets and stands before a doorway draped with garlands. A man with long hair and a white sacred thread on a bare back, wearing a red cloth, bends toward him. On the right, a figure in an orange-red cloth wears a red-beaded headband and garlands, while other onlookers stand nearby.2012-05-24A photograph inside a small red-railed shrine chamber with a white marble altar and a framed painting above it. A bearded man in saffron-orange robes and a red cap leans over the altar, reaching toward a deity murti. Beside him, a person in red-brown robes with a gold border and flowers in the hair bends forward toward the altar. Garlands and flowers are visible near the altar.2014-01-30May 18 20122012-05-18Photograph of a devotee-house pratyaksha pada puja. A woman seated on an orange-covered chair wears a red and yellow marigold garland, a rudraksha mala, dark maroon robes and gold bangles, and smiles toward an older woman kneeling at right. The older woman, with grey hair and a white flower in her hair, wears a grey blouse and pink-and-white sari and joins her palms in namaskar, holding a red fruit. Behind, a young man in white tilak and yellow beaded garland holds a gold tray of red fruit and offerings, while other young men in maroon robes and rudraksha malas stand against a window and wall. Several people are visible in a domestic room with orange walls.2014-06-26Interior of a dim temple passage at night, with lit oil lamps lining the walkway toward an illuminated deity murti at the far end. A bald man in saffron-orange robes and bangles, carrying a folded red and gold cloth, walks ahead of a woman in a red sari with a flower garland. An older man with grey hair and a white cloth over his shoulders stands at right, facing the shrine, with a rudraksha-style mala visible. A dark-haired person's head is visible in the lower right corner.2012-05-16