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A photograph inside a temple hall with a gold-trimmed ceiling and red steel beams. A bare-chested priest in orange dhoti and orange shawl, with white sacred markings on his arms and rudraksha malas, stands at left and reaches toward a small offering on a red-draped table. Before him are two richly decorated deity murtis in red and silver embroidered arched backdrops, wearing crowns and garlanded with red flowers. A third figure in white and red stands behind them, with brass oil lamps in the foreground and a golden throne-like seat at right. Overhead hangs a decorative red and gold canopy.2020-03-04April 25 20202020-04-25Photograph of a temple shrine at night with a golden arched frame and green draped backdrop. A priest with a bare upper body and orange cloth wrapped on the shoulders and an orange turban raises a lit oil lamp toward the central deity murti. A second person in orange robes sits at left. Two seated deity murtis in white garments with gold ornaments sit in front, and standing murtis flank the shrine. Offerings and flowers are visible, with a gold garland on the left. Aarti is being performed.2015-09-18A temple puja scene under an arched golden niche. A priest in orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a shaved head and a beaded necklace, stands at left holding a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward the shrine, smoke rising. Inside the niche, two large deity murtis sit side by side, adorned with red and gold garments, gold crowns, necklaces and garlands of marigolds and purple flowers. In front, a white-clad altar cloth and brass lamps surround a white sculpted figure with an orange head-cloth and a garland, shown as a statue, not a living person. Brass vessels, kalasha-style pots and offering plates sit on the stone platform. A red wall and foliage appear outside.2010-11-11A shaved-headed priest in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, with a gold necklace, stands at left performing a puja. He holds a silver lamp or camphor vessel toward a group of golden deity murtis at lower right, including a central four-armed figure holding a club and trident, flanked by two smaller attendant figures in maroon garments. Behind them, a golden throne-like altar is draped in red cloth and garlanded with yellow and purple flowers, with a white statue in orange robes and a rudraksha-style mala seated on it. Brass oil lamps stand at left.2010-11-12November 16 20152015-11-16A photograph of a golden ceremonial palanquin-style peetha holding a deity murti adorned with multicolored flower garlands in purple, yellow, red and white and a jewelled crown-like headdress. A bald man in a rust-orange and gold dhoti-style garment, with a sacred thread and an arm band, leans in from the left holding a lit oil lamp with flames toward the altar. Golden bells and a tall golden staff with tassels in green, red, orange, blue and white decorate the structure against a dark maroon curtain.2015-04-24April 24 20122012-04-24November 01 20112011-11-01April 30 20202020-04-30A seated priest in saffron-orange robes, head shaved, performs an evening homa at a temple-style altar. He holds a lit ladle or vessel with flame above a fire ritual. Golden lion and bird-like vahana figures flank the altar, and garlanded deity murti stand behind with floral garlands in red, yellow and green. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha, fruit offerings in silver bowls and a pile of wooden sticks sit in the foreground. Another man in white stands in the background.2010-11-09A photograph of a temple shrine where a young man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti with a rudraksha mala across his chest, performs an aarti with a flaming lamp held in both hands before a deity murti. The murti behind the lamp is adorned with white and pink flower garlands and a large ornate headdress. Behind him stand larger painted or carved figures with gold ornaments, and a bronze statue of a robed sage with a beaded necklace stands at the right. Brass lamps, a gold-trimmed altar with offerings, and a dark stone pillar frame the scene, with orange-and-gold draped cloth hanging on the right.2015-05-13