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A photograph inside a temple sanctum framed by ornate gold-embossed doors. A smiling man in a saffron-red robe with a red turban and a long gold-beaded necklace stands at right, holding a silver trident and raising one hand in blessing; garlands of yellow and orange flowers hang around his neck. Beside him, an elderly man in a grey-white kurta with glasses and rudraksha-style beads kneels with palms pressed together. Behind them a man in white dhoti stands near a silver-framed deity murti draped with marigold garlands, with a brass oil lamp and fruit offerings below. Kumkum and vibhuti mark the doorway.

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Inside a temple sanctum with ornate silver-framed arches and a gilded door on the right, a man in a deep maroon-red dhoti with gold-bordered cloth and a matching maroon head-wrap holds a silver trident (trishul) and wears a long multi-coloured marigold garland with a gold chain. Behind him a deity murti sits within a shrine adorned with yellow marigold garlands. A bald elderly man in white clothes stands at lower left with his hands folded and head bowed, while a man in a dark shirt with an orange-saffron shawl offers at the shrine and another man in orange and a white-clad attendant stand nearby. Brass and silver ritual vessels are visible. The setting suggests darshan or puja.2015-07-02A smiling man in orange-saffron and brown sannyasi robes stands at left, wearing a saffron shawl with green-and-gold border, a pink and yellow flower garland, orange tilak on his forehead and rudraksha-style beaded bracelets; he raises his right palm in greeting and holds a silver trident. Behind him, a silver-framed shrine houses a deity murti of Shiva-form adorned with flower garlands. At right, a man in a white kurta with a red tilak stands near a metal railing and an altar box, and another man in white stands at the far right. Ornate silver carvings and pillars line the temple interior.2015-05-09A photo inside a temple shrine. A smiling person in orange and saffron robes with a saffron shawl, rudraksha bracelets, a flower garland and a forehead tilak raises one hand in greeting while holding a silver trident. Behind him a silver-framed shrine holds a Shiva lingam or deity murti draped in marigold and rose garlands. A second man in a white kurta stands at right beside a metal yantra-marked stand, and other people are partly visible at the edges.2015-05-09A photograph inside a silver-framed shrine with a deity murti dressed in yellow and red flower garlands, with a small oil lamp at its base. In the foreground an elderly man in white with his back to the camera faces the shrine. A smiling man in a saffron-red turban and ochre-red robe with an ornate gold necklace and multicoloured flower garlands raises one hand in greeting and holds a silver trident. Beside him a man in white holds an object and two men stand at left, one in orange and one in white. Swamiji (probable): the standing figure in the saffron-red turban, red robe, gold necklace and garlands matches the page's Swamiji reference, based on turban, robe and ornaments, and he is physically present.2015-07-02July 02 20152015-07-02 +1 copiesPhotograph inside a temple of a smiling man in saffron-orange and maroon robes with an orange shawl, a red-and-orange tilak on his forehead, a multicoloured flower garland around his neck and red-and-blue threads on his wrist. He raises his right hand in greeting and holds a silver trident with a red bead at its base. Behind him stands a silver-framed shrine with an ornate silver arch and a silver deity murti decorated with flower garlands and marigolds. On the right, a man in white kurta raises his hand to his forehead beside a steel railing.2015-05-09June 19 20142014-06-19 +2 copiesA photograph inside a temple shrine showing a silver-faced deity murti with a large silver face, mustache and crown, heavily garlanded with marigolds, roses and green leaves. A smiling man with short hair, an orange-red tilak and an orange saffron robe with white and orange flower garlands and gold necklaces raises his hand in front of the murti, while a silver trident is held in the foreground. Two bald, saffron-clad men stand at right and a bare-shouldered priest in the lower left looks on. Ornate carved white stone arches frame the scene. a person: the smiling man with the orange-red tilak, saffron robe and flower garlands, shown at the murti, matches the page's claim.2013-02-13 +1 copiesJuly 02 20152015-07-02A smiling man in a rust-red turban and rust-red cloth wrapped with gold-bordered sashes stands in a temple shrine, raising one hand in greeting and holding a silver trident. He wears a tulsi-like marigold garland with a dark bead necklace and a red-and-blue flower garland, with orange tilak on his forehead and a red dot above it. Behind him a silver-framed shrine holds a silver-faced deity murti draped in marigold and multicolour flower garlands. A brass lamp with a flame stands at left, a brass vessel and a silver railing are nearby, and a second person in white clothes is partly visible at the right edge.2015-07-02 +2 copiesJuly 02 20152015-07-02A smiling man in a red-orange turban, red-orange robe and a long rudraksha mala waves at the camera while wearing a white and orange garland. Behind him, a shrine holds two decorated deity murtis, one with a golden crown and jewelled necklace and one in red, both framed by white jasmine and pink and red flower garlands on a gold-cloth base. At right, a man in white dhoti and white turban holds a silver tray with an offering bowl, and a brass vessel stands near the altar.2014-06-29 +1 copies