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A night-time temple ritual photograph with many rows of stone-tiered shrines holding dark stone murtis draped with marigold and mixed-flower garlands. At the centre, a seated priest with a bare upper body and orange-red dhoti, wearing rudraksha beads, holds up a lit lamp or flame before the altar. Above him, a larger murti and deity figures are decorated with flower garlands and arranged under a canopy. Floor cloths in bright stripes are covered with grains, bowls and brass vessels, and a brass kalasha-style lamp stand stands nearby. A small framed portrait sits at the lower right. The scene shows an abhishekam-style puja or arati with flowers and lamps. Only one physical person is visible.

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March 03 20182018-03-03January 31 20182018-01-31A night-time temple ritual in a decorated shrine. A single man sits cross-legged on a colourful striped rug at lower right, wearing a dark cap or turban, reddish-brown cloth wrap and multiple bead necklaces, and pours or tends a small oil lamp or offering in front of him. Behind him, a large dark stone deity murti with many arms and a pink garment and red-and-white garlands stands above a tiered arrangement of statues of seated figures, each draped in marigold garlands. Bright purple and pink lights illuminate an ornate silver shrine canopy at left, with silver vessels, a kalasha-style pot and a metal lamp stand on the floor in front.2018-03-03A photograph of a temple shrine lit with warm light, with a tiered stone wall of many small black stone murtis, each draped in garlands of orange and yellow marigolds. At the centre a large gilded deity murti in a decorated niche is framed by striped flower garlands. Two men sit on a patterned cloth before a small lamp and offerings: one in saffron robes and red shawl, another bare-chested with an orange cloth tied at the waist, performing a puja. A large brass vessel and ceremonial metal lamps stand in the foreground. Two figures are present, one seated in saffron and one in orange; the rest of the figures are stone and metal murtis.2018-03-03 +1 copiesMarch 03 20182018-03-03 +1 copiesNight photo of an outdoor ritual set against a red wall, with a tiered stepped platform holding many rows of seated stone or clay figures each adorned with marigold garlands. At the top centre, a marigold-draped canopy shelters a deity murti group. Two dark stone figures in the centre are garlanded with a red-and-white cloth shawl and a teal drape. In the foreground, two men sit on a striped rug: one in a rust-coloured dhoti with a shaved head and tilak, the other in an orange-saffron cloth, tending a row of brass lamps and a small fire. Brass pots and a large bronze vessel stand at the left, and framed photographs are placed among flowers on the right. A purple-lit silver palanquin is visible at the left edge.2018-03-03March 03 20182018-03-03March 03 20182018-03-03March 03 20182018-03-03March 03 20182018-03-03 +1 copiesNight-time temple scene with a large sanctum dais decorated with marigold garlands and a canopy of floral strings. A bare-chested priest in a red-orange dhoti stands at the centre, facing a deity murti in front of a red-cushioned seat. Rows of small figures in white and saffron garments, each garlanded, line the tiered stone wall behind. A silver ritual palanquin or shrine stands at left, lit with colourful lights, and brass vessels and oil lamps sit on the floor in front. The scene is a puja or abhishekam setting with no clearly identifiable a person figure present.2018-03-03March 03 20182018-03-03