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A figure in long flowing orange saffron robes with long dark hair stands at left with palms pressed together in anjali, facing a pair of seated deity murti on a raised dark stone base. The seated deities are gilded or painted metal figures draped with yellow and red marigold garlands, one wearing a crown and the other a tall ornate headdress with red and green dress. Oil lamps glow along the base, and a small brass vessel sits on the floor beside the stone pillar. A cloth-wrapped golden pedestal sits in front of the statues. This appears to be a nighttime temple ritual setting with lamps and garlanded images. A label credits a person with the image.

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Night photograph of a temple shrine with a devotee bent over a black shiva lingam set on a stone yoni-pitha base, pouring liquid over it. The devotee has long dark hair, bare upper torso and an orange-saffron dhoti, and is barefoot. Behind the lingam sits a pair of ornately dressed deity murtis, one with a crown and a red-and-white garment, the other with a gold crown and red sari-like drapery, both wearing yellow-and-orange marigold garlands. Strings of lights and metal vessels are visible at the lower left, with dark trees in the background.2007-02-16A photograph at night of a man with long dark hair and a beard, wearing an orange saffron cloth draped over his body and bare-chested, standing at left with palms pressed together in namaskar before a deity murti. The murti is a seated pair of deities on a grey stone pedestal, decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands, crowns and silver ornaments; one figure wears a red garment. A brass oil lamp and metal pots sit on the stone floor, with small lights along the base of the shrine behind a grey pillared stone structure. The scene reads as puja or darshan at a temple during Shivaratri.2007-02-16A photograph of a temple shrine at night showing a seated pair of painted deity murtis, one with a crown, red-and-white headwear and white dhoti, the other in red and green sari-like dress with a crown, both adorned with yellow and red flower garlands and white necklaces. In front stands a shivalinga-like base on a stone pedestal. On the left, a figure with long hair and a bare back wearing an orange cloth holds up a lit lamp or flame toward the deities. A brass oil lamp stands at right beside a brass kalasha-style vessel on a wet stone floor, with carved grey stone pillars framing the shrine.2007-02-16Night-time photograph inside a stone temple pavilion showing a large white-stone pedestal bearing a pair of painted deity murtis, one with a trident and a red-and-white headband and the other in a green-and-red sari with gold crown. Both are garlanded with marigold and white flower garlands and gold necklaces. A bare-chested man in an orange-saffron dhoti bends forward with his head pressed toward the base of the murti, apparently performing padapuja or offering at the pedestal. Brass oil lamps stand on either side, and a small silver pot and brass vessels sit near the base, with scattered flower petals on the wet stone floor. A small figure of a deity murti sits in front of the pedestal.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16A figure with long dark hair and a bare upper body, wearing an orange-red cloth wrapped around the waist and over the shoulder, offers a small lamp or vessel with his right hand toward a stone deity pair in a temple hall at night. The deities are a seated figure in white and red with a crown and a garland of yellow and red flowers, and a second figure in green and red with a tall crown and necklaces; a black lingam sits before them with a yellow flower garland. To the left, a man in orange robes stands holding a steel pot. Columns of white stone frame the scene. Appears to be a puja or abhishekam at a shrine.2007-02-16Night temple ritual at a shrine. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and an orange cloth wrapped at his waist raises a lit oil lamp toward a pair of large dark metal deity murtis seated on a grey stone pedestal; one is crowned with a tall ornate crown and wears white garlands and a white dhoti, the other wears a crown, a green and red sari and yellow garlands. A second man in orange robes stands at left, and a third person in peach-coloured clothing is partly visible. Brass lamps and a small silver-framed shrine stand in the foreground. Stone pillars with carved details surround the courtyard.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16A night-time temple ritual before a pair of large metallic deity murtis seated on a golden pedestal beneath a stone pavilion. The seated figure wears a crown and red headband, a white dhoti and a garland of yellow and red flowers, while the companion figure wears a red-and-green sari and a matching garland. A man with long dark hair and bare upper body, wearing an orange cloth, extends a white-gloved hand to offer an oil lamp. A brass bell and other ritual items are visible at the lower left. The base holds a white lingam-like form decorated with flowers. Carved grey stone pillars frame the scene against a dark background.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16