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Indoor temple photograph of a ritual at a golden yoni-shaped peetha or abhishekam platform heaped with orange marigolds and white flowers. Several people in saffron and orange robes sit close around it. A woman in a maroon-red sari and rudraksha-style beaded necklace holds a lit oil lamp, with a man in a red sweater and orange cap beside her. A bald man in orange holds a ceremonial staff, and another in orange and brown sits behind him. A brass vessel and a basket of offerings sit nearby, and a small deity murti appears at the right edge. Watchers stand behind in jackets and shawls. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance.

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A photograph of a temple shrine where a golden yoni-pitha shaped basin is decorated with orange and yellow marigold garlands and marigold petals. Around it, several people in saffron and orange robes sit on the floor during a puja. A woman in a maroon-and-orange shawl with rudraksha beads lights an oil lamp held in a green basket, while a man in a red top and peach dhoti sits beside a steel pot. A shaven-headed monk in orange holds a white book, and another holds a long staff with a crescent-topped finial. Currency notes lie on a tray at lower right. The room has a glass cabinet at the upper right.2014-01-22A photograph of a shivalinga abhishekam inside a temple. A dark stone shivalinga sits in a brass yoni-shaped basin with an orange-red ring around its base. Several men in orange and maroon robes kneel around it. The central man in maroon with a rudraksha mala has his hands folded in prayer. Beside him a man in a saffron-orange robe with glasses pours or tends offerings, and a man in a red sweater and pink dhoti sits near a tray of marigold flowers. Devotees stand behind a brass railing in the background, some wrapped in shawls. The scene reads as puja or abhishekam at a shrine.2014-01-22January 22 20142014-01-22January 22 20142014-01-22January 22 20142014-01-22A photograph of a temple ritual in which a woman in a red-orange sari with a red bindi and a beaded necklace sits cross-legged, holding a lit oil lamp over a golden peetha-like tray decorated with orange marigolds and white flowers. Around her, several men in saffron and orange robes and rudraksha malas sit or kneel, one holding an open book. Behind them stand devotees in winter jackets, scarves and turbans, including a man in a red sweater and a man in a white dhoti with a red scarf. A bowl of marigold petals sits to the side and a deity murti is visible at the right edge. Around eleven people are visible.2014-01-22 +1 copiesJanuary 22 20142014-01-22A photograph inside a temple shrine during a puja. Two shaven-headed men in saffron-orange robes sit with palms pressed together in namaste; the man on the right wears a dark maroon-red shawl and rudraksha mala, the man beside him wears a saffron-orange shawl. A standing man on the left holds a tall silver ceremonial staff. Behind them a crowd of devotees, many in red, maroon and grey sweaters, stands watching with hands folded. A standing man on the right in orange dhoti and red sweater holds a silver tray with garlands. In the foreground a brass ledge frames a brass tray heaped with orange and white marigold flowers and petals, with brass vessels and a small kalasha nearby.2014-01-22Indoor temple scene during a pada-puja ritual at a shrine with a brass yoni-shaped basin holding a marigold offering. Several saffron-robed sannyasis sit in prayer posture with hands folded, one holding a silver trident-topped staff. A young shaved-headed devotee in the center sits with hands in anjali, wearing a red-brown shawl and rudraksha mala. Onlookers stand behind in red, orange and maroon sweaters, a man in a pink turban and white dhoti holds a garland, and a bowl of marigolds sits to the right. A small seated child in orange is among the group. A deity murti is not clearly visible.2014-01-22January 22 20142014-01-22A photograph inside a small temple sanctum with a brass rail and red curtains. A man in rust-red robes and a red tilak sits at a brass platform, lighting an oil lamp with a flame beside a large brass plate heaped with orange marigolds. Beside him, a bald man in orange cloth and rudraksha malas sits attentively. On the right, a man in red robes and orange shawl attends to the scene, while a line of devotees in saffron cloth, jackets and casual clothes stand behind the rail. A brass kalasha sits nearby. The setting suggests a puja or padapuja at a temple shrine.2014-01-22A photograph of a shiva lingam set on a circular brass yoni-peetha base with an orange-and-white painted ring around it and a red thread wound across it, inside a brass railing. Behind it, a priest in a maroon robe and rudraksha mala sits cross-legged, reaching toward a tray of marigold flowers, with a copper pot nearby. Around them, standing and seated devotees in orange robes, shawls and jackets watch, and one holds a plastic bag. The scene is an abhishekam-style ritual at the lingam. No figure is clearly identifiable with the a person candidate cues, so the seated priest is described by role only.2014-01-22