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A bare-chested elderly priest with a shaved head and a rudraksha-style bead mala across his chest stands at left, wearing a rust-red and gold-bordered dhoti. He holds a brass aarti lamp with flames toward a deity murti in a gold-framed shrine niche with a yellow backdrop. The murti wears white and red-striped cloth, a pink flower garland and adornments, and pink flowers are arranged at its base. A brass oil lamp stands at right on the marble-panelled wall, in an abhishekam or aarti setting at a temple shrine.

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May 11 20122012-05-11May 13 20122012-05-13May 14 20122012-05-14 +2 copiesMay 14 20122012-05-14A priest in an orange-brown dhoti with a gold-edged waistcloth and a beaded headband stands bare-chested, holding a lit camphor or oil lamp flame toward a dark stone deity murti dressed in an orange shawl and draped in pink flowers within a golden arched shrine niche. Ash or sandal markings are visible on his arms and chest. Two attendants in white dhotis stand at the sides of the shrine. Brass lamps, a kalasha-style vessel, pink flowers and a fruit offering sit on a stone platform in front. The setting is a glossy marble-walled temple sanctum.2012-05-14 +1 copiesMay 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesMay 08 20122012-05-08May 08 20122012-05-08A photograph inside a temple shrine with polished stone walls and an ornate gold arched niche housing a dark stone deity murti draped in a yellow cloth and garlanded. In front, a bare-chested priest in an orange-red dhoti with gold borders bends forward, hands extended toward a brass oil lamp and small brass vessels on a wooden altar, with pink flowers and green leaves nearby. A standing figure in white robes with gold borders and a rudraksha mala beside a dark stone image, and a person wearing a rudraksha mala, white ritual cloth and gold-bordered garments stands behind the priest, appearing to observe the puja. Incense sticks stand in a brass holder at right. The page excerpt concerns a Madurai satsang.2012-05-08May 12 20122012-05-12 +1 copiesMay 14 20122012-05-14A photograph of a temple shrine during worship. In the centre, a dark stone deity murti stands in a golden arched niche decorated with a crown-like gold finial, draped with a white flower garland and a pink flower on its head, with oil lamps burning in front. On the left, a bald elderly priest with bare shoulders wears a red-orange cloth and a beaded headband and gold armlets, leaning forward to hold an arati or lamp toward the deity. On the right, a younger man in a white dhoti and shawl with gold borders stands with his hands folded in prayer, wearing glasses. Brass lamps and a brass vessel sit at the base of the shrine against a marble wall. The scene reads as a puja or aarti at a shrine.2012-05-13