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April 19 20182018-04-19January 09 20182018-01-09A temple interior photograph showing a priest seen from behind with long black hair, wearing a rust-orange turban and a saffron-orange cloth, with pink flower garlands on his hair and gold armlets on his arm. Beside him stands a gold-coloured deity murti wearing a crown, layered gold necklaces, a purple garment and a rainbow-coloured flower garland, holding a long staff. To the right a large deity murti with a shivalinga-like face is heavily decorated with yellow, red, white and green garlands, and a brass oil lamp burns in the foreground. Other attendants in orange cloths stand at the left edge.2017-11-11A photograph of a temple ritual in which a bare-chested man in a gold-bordered dhoti and a long red-and-white flower garland offers a golden crown-like headdress to a decorated deity murti seated on a golden throne. The murti wears a tall gold crown, ornate jewelry and an orange and green silk garment, and is surrounded by thick garlands of red, yellow and white flowers. Behind them hang deep maroon velvet curtains and a shirtless attendant in orange-saffron cloth with a rudraksha mala stands at the left edge.2015-04-28 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple ritual centred on a golden deity murti heavily adorned with garlands of yellow, orange, red, white and green flowers, green stone pendants and a jewelled necklace. In the foreground a person with long dreadlocked hair wrapped in a maroon turban and wearing a maroon cloth draped over the shoulders stands with hands joined in devotion, bangles on the arms, facing the deity. Another figure in a rose-coloured garment and gold-bordered cloth is visible at right beside an ornate golden crown and peacock-feather headpiece. Flower-strung backdrops of multicoloured blossoms frame the scene.2016-12-14October 11 20162016-10-11 +1 copiesA temple ritual photograph. A bearded man with long dreadlocked hair wrapped in a rust-red turban and reddish-brown cloth, with gold armband and bangles, reaches to adjust a tall flower-garlanded altar at a golden deity murti. The garlands are yellow, orange, red and white, with a gold-decorated frame and an ornate gold and red headdress. A second attendant in orange cloth with rudraksha and a long braid stands at left. Brass kalasha pots and offering vessels sit in the foreground. Appearance suggests a person performing the puja, though this is uncertain. Gold-embroidered red and orange silks drape the deity.2016-12-14April 23 20182018-04-23November 24 20172017-11-24Outdoors under a corrugated metal canopy, a smiling person in a rust-red robe with a gold ceremonial necklace and a dark rudraksha mala stands beside a large decorated figure. The person wears a red-and-blue flower garland, gold bangles and a red tilak on the forehead, and gestures toward the figure with one hand. The figure is a portrait-style statue seated on an ornate gold throne, dressed in a saffron-red robe, a green skirt and a leopard-print shawl, with a crown-like turban and layered gold necklaces. It is surrounded by a tall arch of red, orange, yellow, purple and white flower garlands.2015-01-04December 02 20172017-12-02October 10 20132013-10-10