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A photograph inside a temple room with cream-coloured brick walls and a small window. A person in an orange-saffron robe with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala stands at left, holding a brass oil lamp with a lit flame toward a white marble deity murti. The white murti has a gold crown, gold jewellery and a trunk-like form, with a brass kalasha and brass vessel on the altar base. At right, an orange-clad seated figure and a red-and-white garlanded murti are partly visible. The scene suggests aarti or puja performed before the deity.

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March 29 20092009-03-29KailasaInPhoenix Event 2009 03 29Photograph inside a plain white-brick room during a temple ritual. Two people in saffron-orange robes stand at left: the one nearer the door wears an orange head wrap and holds a tray with flowers and a small brass vessel, while the second, with long dark hair and bare upper body draped in orange cloth, raises a hand toward a white marble Ganesha statue. The Ganesha murti wears a gold crown, gold necklaces and holds a rod and a sweet-like item. Beside it sits a seated female deity murti in orange sari with a golden crown. Brown curtains hang behind the statues and a small brass kalasha sits on the floor. The second figure has distinctive long hair and ornaments, so this is a person appearance, shown performing the puja.2009-03-29A photograph inside a temple hall with white brick walls and a tall window at left. A figure in an orange-red wrap and long swept-back dark hair leans forward and touches the trunk-side of a white marble Ganesha murti, which wears a gold crown and ornate necklaces. To the right, a large deity murti dressed in orange silk, gold jewellery, a green gemstone pendant and yellow and white flower garlands stands beside a brass kalasha-style vessel on the floor. Swamiji (probable): the figure has long swept-back hair, an orange-red wrap and a rudraksha mala, cues consistent with the page's attribution to a pranapratishta ceremony, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone. A single person is visible.2009-03-29A photograph of a temple shrine with a large deity murti decorated with multicolored flower garlands in yellow, red, purple and white. A person in a long red-orange robe with long dark hair holds a brass lamp with a flame and incense smoke, performing aarti before the murti. Brass oil lamps and a brass kalasha-like vessel stand beside red drapes, and a smaller seated figure in orange robes and a red cap sits at the base of the shrine. The person's face is not clearly visible, so identity is uncertain and no specific claim is made.2008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23 +1 copiesDecember 23 20082008-12-23March 29 20092009-03-29 +2 copiesDecember 23 20082008-12-23A 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 copies