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Photo inside a temple shrine with white marble walls and an arched niche holding a dark stone deity murti draped in an orange and yellow cloth, with pink flower petals scattered on the ledge. A man in white dhoti and shawl, wearing wire-rimmed glasses and a rudraksha mala, stands at left holding a lit brass oil lamp. Beside him a shirtless man with a shaved head, white forehead markings and beaded necklaces watches. In the foreground a shaved-headed person in white cloth with gold borders kneels with their back to the camera. Dark stone deity figures stand in niches to the right.

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May 13 20122012-05-13 +1 copiesMay 08 20122012-05-08May 14 20122012-05-14June 04 20122012-06-04May 08 20122012-05-08Photo inside a temple shrine with pale marble walls and a niche of black stone figures. On the right, a shaven-headed priest in orange cloth with a yellow border, a rudraksha mala and gold ornaments holds a lit oil lamp before a row of black stone figures, each wrapped in white and red cloth and with flower petals on the ledge. On the left, a young man in orange cloth with gold necklaces and a hair ornament stands with palms pressed together in prayer, and a bald man in white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth stands behind him. A dark deity murti draped in red and gold cloth sits in the back niche. The scene shows a lamp offering ritual, a puja.2012-05-12A photo inside a temple shrine with marble-clad walls. Several black stone deity murtis stand in a row, each decorated with white and red flower garlands. In the foreground a shaved-headed priest in orange saffron-coloured robes and a rudraksha headband performs worship, holding a lamp toward the altar. Beside him a younger man in an orange-saffron shawl with a rudraksha mala stands watching. Flower offerings, fruit and brass vessels sit on the stone altar at left.2012-06-02May 13 20122012-05-13 +1 copiesA photograph inside a shrine of a bare-chested priest in an orange-saffron dhoti with a gold waist band, a rudraksha-style beaded headband, gold necklace and white ash markings on his arms and chest, holding a lit multi-flame lamp (aarti) toward a deity murti in a gold arched niche. A younger attendant in white dhoti and shawl with a gold border stands at right, hands folded. Red and orange cloth drapes the murti, and a small lamp burns at the lower right. Appearance-based candidate is uncertain and the priest's features are not clearly distinctive enough to name him, so the role is given as priest performing aarti.2012-05-14 +1 copiesJune 02 20122012-06-02May 13 20122012-05-13A photograph inside a temple shrine lit by a row of warm yellow bulbs along an arched niche. In the centre, a silver-and-gold shrine holds a deity murti draped with a large red flower garland, with a lit brass lamp (aarti) held forward. On the left, an elderly man with a shaved head, rudraksha mala, a gold chain and a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with gold border stands with his hands extended toward the shrine. To the right, a bald man in white ritual dhoti and shawl with gold border holds the aarti lamp toward the deity, while another man in white clothing holds a brass vessel. Silver lamp stands and offering vessels with flowers sit at the base of the shrine.2012-05-12