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A photograph inside a temple shrine at night. A young priest in white dhoti with a yellow border stands with his back to the camera at left, hands folded, facing a shrine decorated with yellow and red garlands. Behind the altar, a deity murti is adorned with flower garlands and a crown, flanked by lamps and brass vessels. Three women stand at right holding a plate with a lit flame toward the shrine: one in a yellow-orange sari, one in white with a garland, and one in a teal kurta with a red-and-patterned shawl, all wearing flower garlands. Incense smoke drifts through the shrine and a banana plant is visible at upper right. No identifiable a person figure is visible.

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A photograph inside a temple shrine at night showing three women in flower garlands offering an aarti lamp to deity murtis draped in marigold and yellow flower garlands. The central women wear a mustard-gold sari and a teal green kurta with a red-and-white patterned shawl. A priest in white dhoti with a gold border stands at left, seen from behind. Behind the stone altar, deity murtis sit on red-draped seats beside a gold-framed shrine niche, with brass oil lamps and small offering vessels on the stone platform.2011-11-06November 12 20102010-11-12Photograph of a temple shrine with a golden arched canopy above a gilded platform. At centre, a deity murti in orange cloth is adorned with white and yellow flower garlands, flanked by two standing figures in red and gold attire, one wearing a green turban and crown. Three women in saris, one in magenta and yellow-orange, stand on the left and right, their hands reaching toward a brass plate with a lit lamp and offerings at the base of the murti. Stone pillars with carved reliefs frame the scene, and red curtains hang behind.2011-11-01November 12 20102010-11-12November 06 20112011-11-06November 01 20112011-11-01October 04 20112011-10-04A photograph inside a stone temple shrine with a gold-framed arch. At the centre, a figure in a red garment with a gold crown is being attended from behind, with another person in red and orange beside them holding a gold tray. Two orange-robed priests stand before a dark lingam covered in red and yellow marigold garlands, with a white cloth below, pouring or offering over it. A white-clad attendant with a gold-bordered dhoti stands at left holding a small lamp and dish. Brass oil lamps stand on either side, and a golden deity image with garland is visible at right. The scene appears to be an abhishekam or puja.2011-11-06March 03 20112011-03-03Night temple ritual in front of a gilded shrine with carved stone pillars and a golden arch. Two young priests in white dhotis and white shawls, one in a white turban and one in a tall ornate headdress, stand with garlanded arms; the left priest holds a brass plate with a flaming camphor lamp. A third man in an orange-red dhoti and draped orange shawl raises his hand toward the shrine. Two richly decorated deity murtis sit on red and green draped platforms, heavily adorned with marigold and garland swags, gold jewellery and crowns. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha, offering plates, a keyboard and a wooden box with yellow powder sit in the foreground, with scattered petals on the floor. The scene reads as a puja or aarti performed before the deities.2012-05-02A priest in white dhoti and shirt with a yellow shawl performs puja at a shrine in a carved stone temple. He holds a brass implement, with a smoky or incense cloud rising in front of him, beside tall brass oil lamps (lamps). Behind him stands a gilded deity murti pair seated on a golden throne with a red backdrop, one figure wearing a crown and red headdress, the other in a white and gold sari, both draped in red and yellow marigold garlands. A small figure in red and white sits at the base near offerings, brass vessels and flower petals on the altar.2010-07-13November 06 20112011-11-06