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A photograph of a ritual at night before a gilded shrine arch, with a deity murti decorated with garlands of marigolds and white flowers. A man in an orange dhoti and bare chest, with a bead necklace and red and white wristbands, holds a lit silver aarti lamp with a flame toward the murti, while a microphone is held beside it. Below, a woman kneels with palms pressed together and eyes closed, wearing a maroon cloth, red-and-white floral garlands and flowers in her hair, with a sacred ash mark on her forehead. A basket of flower petals sits in front of the murti, and a gold ornate parasol with red and yellow tassels stands at right.

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A photograph of a temple ritual before a golden deity murti adorned with yellow and white flower garlands and a gold necklace. On the left, a bare-chested shaved-bearded man in an orange dhoti with a red and white beaded mala holds a wooden tray of flowers and offerings toward the right. On the right, a person with hair bound and decorated with yellow flowers sits with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a maroon cloth, yellow garland and red-and-green beaded necklace. Smoke or incense haze drifts behind them, and a seated figure in white is partly visible in the background.2016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16A seated person with pressed palms and a multicolour flower garland, wearing a maroon garment and flowers in the hair, sits on a golden throne before a richly decorated deity murti adorned with yellow and purple flower garlands and a gold necklace. A priest in orange clothing stands at left holding a lit oil lamp aarti on a tray, with a basket of offerings beside him. A red curtain and a golden arch frame the shrine, and a canopy with red and blue tassels hangs at top right. The person is shown in an evening puja setting.2016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesA priest in an orange dhoti with red and rudraksha malas stands at left holding a silver aarti plate with a burning oil lamp toward a silver deity murti adorned with yellow and red garlands. At right, a seated devotee with hands in anjali mudra, wearing a garland of pink and yellow flowers and a maroon-and-orange cloth, faces the lamp. Gold-framed silver shrine arch and red drapery surround the scene, with a decorated canopy at upper right.2016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16A night-time ritual before a gilded arched shrine draped in red cloth, where a golden deity murti is adorned with yellow and multicolored garlands, a gold crown and heavy gold necklaces. A priest in an orange dhoti with a bare upper body stands at left, holding a woven basket and reaching toward the murti near a lit oil lamp. At right, a seated man with folded palms and a bare upper body, wearing a red garland, faces the deity in prayer. The scene suggests a puja or aarti.2016-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16