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September 29 20062006-09-29September 29 20062006-09-29November 09 20072007-11-09September 29 20062006-09-29 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple hall during a consecration ritual. A tall, long-haired man in an orange saffron robe with a gold-beaded necklace and white sacred ash on his arms gestures with open palms toward a large dark stone deity murti of a standing divine couple wearing crowns, draped in a pink cloth at its base. Beside him, a man in orange holds a gold kalasha pot in a white mesh wrap. Behind them, several robed figures in orange stand near the curtain, and one person in orange raises a camera.2007-11-09September 17 20172017-09-17 +1 copiesSeptember 29 20062006-09-29A man with long dark hair wearing a saffron-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala stands before a large black stone deity murti of a female figure with a green-painted face and a tall crown, holding a flaming oil lamp in his hands, performing aarti. Behind him are colourful painted and flower-decorated pillars and a gold-toned ornate altar. A dark red velvet curtain hangs in the background, with a brass vessel on the lower left. Appearance-based cues match a person performing the lamp offering as a devotee-priest.2007-11-15September 29 20062006-09-29 +1 copiesSeptember 29 20062006-09-29November 09 20072007-11-09Two men in saffron-orange robes stand before a shrine in a temple interior. The man on the left, at the edge of the frame, holds a brass tray of white and yellow flower petals. The man in the centre wears a dark rudraksha mala, has long dark hair swept back, and gestures toward the shrine with one hand. Inside the shrine stands a dark deity murti with a gold crown, wearing a red and gold dress, a gold necklace and a garland of yellow and pink flowers. A smaller seated figure in orange with a garland sits on a gold pedestal in front. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha-style pot, brass puja vessels and a small tray of offerings sit on the floor, and a painted column with red, blue and green patterns rises behind them. a person is the central figure, performing a puja or pada-puja before the shrine.2009-09-14