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Photograph inside a temple shrine room with a cream tiled floor and pale curtains. A person with long dark hair in an orange-red sari-style garment holds a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame toward a decorated deity murti. The deity is dark-skinned, wearing a gold crown, a red and orange silk cloth, layered gold necklaces with coin-like pendants, and red and white flower garlands. A white marble murti stands beside it, and brass kalasha-style vessels and a brass oil lamp sit on the floor. A patterned orange and blue cloth hangs on the right. Another orange-clad figure is partly visible at the left edge. The scene suggests a puja or aarti being performed.

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A photograph inside a small temple room with cream walls and a tiled floor. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron wrap and a rudraksha mala, stands at left holding a brass vessel and pouring or sprinkling liquid from it toward a deity. Behind him another person in orange clothing stands partly visible. At right stands a large dark murti of a deity decorated with a gold crown, gold necklaces, green stone ornaments, an orange cloth, and red and white flower garlands draped in an arch. Brass kalasha pots and an oil lamp sit on the floor and on a tiled platform, with a folded orange cushion and a patterned fabric hanging to the right. Orange drapes hang on the wall behind.2009-03-29 +1 copiesMarch 29 20092009-03-29A photograph inside a temple room with cream walls, a white ceiling fan and orange curtains. A man with long, swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange wrap, rudraksha mala beads and a gold necklace, holds a brass aarti tray with a lit lamp toward a large black deity murti. The murti is draped in an orange garment, a red and white flower garland, gold jewellery and a gold crown. Brass vessels and a lamp stand the floor, and a white seated figure stands at left. a person: the man with long hair and rudraksha beads performing the aarti offering.2009-03-29March 29 20092009-03-29A temple sanctum scene in which a long-haired man in orange saffron robes and a rudraksha mala stands at left, extending his right hand toward a dark stone deity murti dressed in orange and red silk, with a tall crown, gold ornaments, a green gemstone necklace, and a large red and white flower garland arching overhead. He holds a brass vessel in his left hand. Brass oil lamps and a kalasha-style pot sit on the tiled floor, with orange curtains behind and a colourful folk-patterned textile hanging at right. A seated figure in gold-yellow clothing is partly visible behind the murti. The scene appears to show a ceremonial abhishekam or puja. Whether the robed man is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2009-03-29March 29 20092009-03-29 +1 copiesMarch 29 20092009-03-29March 29 20092009-03-29March 29 20092009-03-29A man in a sleeveless saffron-orange robe, long dark hair swept back and a rudraksha-style mala at his neck, holds a brass oil lamp with a flame toward a black deity murti in a niche. The murti wears a silver crown, garlands of yellow and pink flowers, layered necklaces and a red-and-gold skirt. Nearby, brass lamp stands and a small white figure in an orange head wrap and garland sit on the altar, with a painted decorative pillar behind. The scene reads as a puja or aarti at a temple shrine.2009-09-14A figure in an orange-saffron robe with long dark hair and a dark rudraksha mala stands at left, holding a brass ritual bell in one hand and a lit oil lamp or flame in the other, performing a puja before a seated deity murti. The seated murti wears an orange silk sari with gold border, a golden crown, and a red-and-white flower garland; its raised hand holds a ring-like object. Brass kalasha pots sit on the platform. A large garlanded deity figure in orange and gold dress stands at right, with a red flower garland draped over it. Beige curtains hang behind, and a white brick wall is at left. Watermarked archive photograph of a temple ritual.2009-03-29 +1 copiesMarch 29 20092009-03-29