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September 17 2015

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A photograph of a temple shrine during worship. In the foreground a bare-backed priest wearing a green head wrap, white dhoti with gold border and a yellow shawl over his left shoulder performs aarti, holding a lit oil lamp toward a decorated shrine. The shrine is covered in red and green cloth, flowers, gold ornaments and a kalasha-like vessel. Beside it sit a small carved figure of a seated sage, a painted lion and a carved multi-headed cobra. At left, a jewelled deity murti stands.2015-09-17September 17 20152015-09-17 +1 copiesSeptember 17 20152015-09-17 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple ritual at a shrine. A bare-backed priest in a white dhoti with a yellow cloth draped over the shoulder and a green turban raises his arm to adjust a red and orange cloth draped over a decorated deity murti. The shrine is ornate with gold-toned carved framing, a teal backdrop, and a large brass kalasha-like pot with strings and garlands. Below, two embellished figures in red and gold garments sit on a pink and white altar. Behind the shrine stand a standing figure in a red and gold garment with a jeweled necklace and a green cloth-covered seat. A small figure in red sits at the lower right edge. The lower left shows a green-draped surface and a gold border.2015-09-17September 17 20152015-09-17 +1 copiesTemple-style puja scene before an ornate golden shrine with a green draped backdrop and a tiered altar. Two shirtless priests in white dhotis, one with a yellow shawl and green head-wrap, one wearing a beaded mala, stand at the altar. The central shrine holds a shivalinga-like murti draped in red cloth with flowers, flanked by lion figures and a coiled cobra base. A brass oil lamp burns at the right, and a sacred fire pit with a small flame, rice and flowers sits in the foreground. No one visible is identified as a person.2015-09-17 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple ritual at a shrine. A bare-chested priest with a green head cloth and yellow dhoti stands with his back to the camera, raising a bundle of green leaves or grass toward an ornate shrine. The shrine has a gilded arched canopy, a red and orange draped cloth, red flowers, and a jewelled central image. In front are several decorated brass pots or kalasha with gold-embroidered garlands and a seated figure at the lower right. A deity murti with jewelled ornaments stands at the upper left. The scene is lit warmly.2015-09-17September 17 20152015-09-17 +1 copiesFebruary 22 20162016-02-22 +1 copiesA priest with a bare back and white dhoti aarti a silver-vessel lamp with three flames before a silver-clad murti of a saint seated in a gold palanquin. The murti wears a gold crown, white cloth and rudraksha mala, and is heavily garlanded with white jasmine, red and pink flowers. Behind him, red and gold canopy tassels hang, and onlookers stand with hands folded at the palanquin, while orange cloth and scattered petals lie on the palanquin base.2012-06-05 +1 copiesA bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a green and gold silk sash and a yellow headcloth bends over a gold-decorated peetha adorned with garlands of white jasmine, red roses and yellow marigolds. He holds a brass lamp with a flame, pouring or lighting oil over a brass dish. Lit oil lamps, banana leaves, fruit, a brass vessel and a kalasha sit around the altar, with a striped woven mat on the floor. Other men in white dhotis and gold chains stand behind, with a figure in saffron clothing at the back. The scene appears to be a puja or aarti at a temple-style altar.2017-04-06A photograph of a temple puja in progress. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with an orange and teal border and a yellow-green headcloth bends over an altar, reaching toward a flower-decorated object. The altar is wrapped in garlands of white, pink and yellow flowers and red blossoms, with fruits including bananas and grapes, a halved coconut, and brass oil lamps with lit flames. Behind it stands a gold-framed throne backed by orange fabric. Seated devotees in white clothing watch from the background.2017-06-23 +1 copies