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A photograph inside a marble-lined shrine niche. A person seen from behind, wearing a saffron-orange robe and wrap, stands facing a framed painted picture of a deity on a red and blue background, with a figure holding a weapon and another standing figure beside it. Marble pillars and a dark wooden panel frame the shrine, and a painted tile wall with blue and orange motifs sits at the left. A second framed painting in orange tones is visible on the right. The shrine appears quiet and devotional, with red marks on the marble ledge.

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A photograph inside a temple corridor with a black-and-white checkered marble floor and pink walls with blue scalloped trim. A framed painting of a deity on horseback and attendant figures under a marble niche is at left. A person in an orange sleeveless top and orange dhoti, with hair tied up, stands with their back to the camera facing the painting. An open red lattice gate and blue metal gate lead to an outer courtyard with a floral offering on the floor.2008-07-10A photograph inside a temple corridor with pink and orange walls and a black-and-white checkered marble floor. In the foreground, a person with hair tied back in a bun, wearing a sleeveless saffron-orange garment wrapped around the body, stands facing a framed devotional painting set in a white marble niche. The painting shows a figure under a parasol with several smaller figures in yellow and green garments around a mountainous background. Beyond an open reddish lattice gate, another person in white is visible further inside. The orange-clad figure is shown from behind, so no distinctive facial or ceremonial cues are visible; identity is uncertain.2008-07-10December 10 20092009-12-10Photograph of a small shrine room viewed through a glass window. A framed portrait of a long-haired figure in orange robes with a mala is set on a draped altar with red, pink and green cloths, orange cushions and white-and-orange garland swags above. Small brass deity figures stand on a red cloth at the base of the altar, alongside brass lamps. In the foreground, a standing man in orange robes with hair tied back looks toward the altar, a red-and-blue framed picture resting at the bottom edge of the frame.2010-02-03A photograph taken indoors at night of a figure in orange sleeveless robe seen from behind, standing in a bare tiled room facing a decorated shrine window. The shrine is draped in red and white cloth with marigold garlands and a framed portrait of a deity or saint on a green and red altar, with brass lamps and small idols below. A blue framed artwork and a small red cushion sit on a patterned rug in the foreground. Yellow and grey curtains frame the window, and a deity figure stands at left.2010-02-03Interior of a temple corridor with an orange and red painted wall, carved red lattice screens and a black-and-white checkered marble floor. Three men stand facing a framed painting of a deity on the left. The central man wears long-sleeved-free saffron-orange robes, sleeveless with long dark hair swept back, and stands with one hand tucked at his waist; a person candidate by appearance (long swept-back hair, saffron clothing) observing the painting. Beside him, a younger man in orange robes and a man in white dhoti stand near. A small offering of red flowers sits on the ledge below the painting.2008-07-10A person in an orange sleeveless top and orange dhoti-style wrap stands with back to the camera at the open orange-red grille doors of a small shrine. Inside, a bell hangs from the lintel above a framed picture, and a lilac-framed glass case holds a deity murti decorated with flower garlands. Below, a red stand holds a copper kalasha draped in red cloth, with brass puja vessels, flowers and offerings on a tray. The wall is pale yellow with a strip of pink and purple artificial flower garland.2008-07-10April 11 20122012-04-11 +1 copiesA barefoot man in a saffron-orange sannyasi wrap stands facing a stone shrine at a temple. Inside the arched, red-backed niche, a deity murti with a trident and garlands of yellow and red flowers is adorned, with brass lamps and vessels set before it on the granite platform. Red and white curtains hang at the sides of the open pavilion, and palm trees are visible beyond. The man's presence is a practitioner's stance at the shrine, and the page's a person claim cannot be confirmed from his appearance, so his identity is not asserted.2010-10-21August 11 20092009-08-11August 11 20092009-08-11A photograph taken inside a temple shrine with gold-painted carved pillars and canopy. In the foreground, a person with long dark wavy hair, wearing a sleeveless saffron-orange top and orange garment, stands with their back to the camera facing the shrine. Inside the glass-fronted shrine stand decorated deity murti figures: a figure with a crown and rich red-and-gold garments with garlands, and a female figure in a magenta sari with a crown and jewelled necklaces, on a teal brocade cloth. One physical person is visible.2011-12-01