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A photograph inside a small shrine niche showing a black stone deity murti draped with a white cloth bordered in red and garlanded with white jasmine and yellow marigold strands. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti stands at the left, leaning in and holding a lit oil lamp on a brass plate. A brass plate with flower offerings or a small tray is held by a hand at the lower right. Lamps and offerings sit beside the murti, and a red-and-green cloth hangs at the side. The scene is a puja or aarti in progress. No a person candidate is visible.

2012-05-18 +1 copies

A photograph inside a small shrine showing a bare-chested young male priest in a white dhoti with a green and yellow border, leaning forward to perform aarti before a dark stone deity murti. He holds a brass lamp with a lit oil flame toward the carved black stone image, which is garlanded with white and yellow marigold flowers and draped with a white cloth bordered in red and gold. A second dark stone figure stands at left in red and gold cloth, and a brass oil lamp burns at right beside a wooden lattice grille. The wall is plain and the stone sculptures appear weathered.

2012-05-18 +1 copies

May 18 2012

2012-05-18 +1 copies

Two shirtless priests in white dhotis stand before a dark stone murti draped in a yellow and red silk cloth with a green border, garlanded with pink flowers. The priest on the left holds a brass oil lamp with multiple lit wicks in front of the deity, while a lit lamp burns on a stand at the upper right. A golden arched frame surrounds the murti against a grey stone wall. The priests wear sacred threads and rudraksha malas, and their faces are not visible. This is an aarti offering before a deity, shown in a temple shrine.

A photo inside a small shrine with brown stone-patterned walls, showing a man with long dreadlocked hair, bare-shouldered and wearing a white and yellow flower garland, holding a lit flame toward a dark, oiled deity murti draped in a yellow cloth. A cameraman with a large lens stands at right, and a few devotees with white-and-tilak marks watch from behind. Bright ceiling lights glow above the shrine, and an orange cloth hangs at the left edge.

A dark stone murti of a deity with a tall crown, white forehead tilak and red dot, is dressed in a white and red cloth with gold border, draped with rudraksha mala strands and red and yellow flower garlands. Behind it is a black arched backdrop with carved figures. Two shaven-headed priests in orange-red cloth, one with gold armbands, raise a silver trident to the murti at night, with a grilled window and gate in the background.

A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a man seen from behind, with long matted dreadlocks and a white and yellow flower garland around his neck and shoulders, holding a lit oil lamp toward a dark stone deity murti of Hanuman, draped in a yellow cloth. The shrine has brown polished stone walls and small ceiling lights. Behind him, a man with a vermilion tilak and a camera operator with a large lens are visible at the right edge. Appearance-based cues on the central figure are his long dreadlocks, garland and ceremonial lamp offering, which are consistent with a person performing aarti at a Hanuman deity; the figure is seen from behind so the identification is uncertain.

March 02 2013

July 24 2005

A photograph of an outdoor shrine set among trees. A black stone deity murti stands in an arched white stone niche draped with orange and white cloth, garlanded with red, orange and yellow flowers, wearing a yellow dhoti and a bead and gold necklace. Its base is smeared with red kumkum. In the foreground a woman with short dark hair, seen from behind, wears a red garment with a gold border and holds a lit flame, performing aarti before the murti. A small stone lamp stand and a dark stone offering table sit in front. The scene shows a single devotee at the shrine.

March 02 2013

2013-03-02 +1 copies

A photograph of a priest performing aarti before a dark stone deity murti in a shrine. The central priest wears an orange turban, a bare upper body with rudraksha-style beaded bands on the upper arm, and a garland of orange and white flowers over his shoulder. He holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp toward the murti, which wears a white and yellow flower garland and a white cloth. Two other men stand at the sides: one in a white dhoti and sleeveless white vest on the right, and another in a saffron-coloured cloth at the right edge. The left edge shows a person in blue cloth. The background is dark.