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A temple ritual scene with a man in a maroon turban and dark red garment, decorated with a multicolour flower garland, gold armbands and a gold waist belt, holding a terracotta pot at the top. Beside him, two figures in saffron-orange cloth lean forward toward a flame, and a gold-and-jewelled deity murti with a crown and a gold staff stands in the background with flower garlands. Oil lamps and a fire glow in the lower right.

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A photograph of a temple ritual in a stone-walled shrine. A man in a rust-red and gold turban, rust-red robe and gold belt, wears long flower garlands of yellow, pink, purple and white, and holds a terracotta bowl or pot while looking down and smiling. Behind him a golden deity murti stands with a tall jewelled crown and a golden staff, also draped in garlands. Lamp flames glow at the lower right.2017-12-02February 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesA photograph of a night temple ritual inside a shrine. A bare-chested man with a rudraksha headband and a large rudraksha mala holds a lit oil lamp on a brass stand, wearing an orange-red dhoti and draped cloth with gold-toned bangles. Beside him a shaven-headed priest in an orange-red dhoti and shawl with a long rudraksha mala stands near a black stone shivalinga. Behind them stands a deity murti dressed in orange cloth and crowned, decorated with garlands of red, pink, orange and yellow flowers. Warm lamplight and a glass panel frame the scene, and a partly visible person in white stands at left.2015-02-17 +1 copiesDecember 02 20172017-12-02November 11 20172017-11-11December 02 20172017-12-02Night puja at a shrine lit by warm lamps. A standing figure in a rudraksha-bead headdress and multi-strand rudraksha mala, with a red-orange shawl and gold-coloured ornaments, holds a brass bell and a flaming oil lamp. Beside them a shaved-headed attendant in orange cloth with a rudraksha mala bows with palms joined. A flower-garlanded deity murti in red and orange cloth stands at right, and a Shiva lingam stands in the foreground. Another attendant is partly visible at left.2015-02-17 +1 copiesA man in a rust-red turban, rust-red robe and gold waist belt stands in profile holding a clay oil lamp lit with a flame, wearing a long multi-coloured flower garland with yellow, pink, red and white blooms, and gold armlets and a gold chain. Behind him a golden statue of a crowned figure holds a golden staff, also draped in flower garlands, and to the right stands a column of garlands in yellow, red and white. Baskets of clay lamps sit at the lower right, and a faint spray of water mist fills the background. a person cues: long dark hair, ornate gold jewellery and a red robe; he is shown in a ceremonial lamp-lighting role.2017-12-02December 02 20172017-12-02Night temple worship at a shrine with a green-gold stone linga-style base and a seated deity murti decorated with flower garlands in red, yellow and green. A man in a dark turban and brown-gold silk garment holds a lit lamp toward the deities, smiling. Beside him a second man in brown robes with a rudraksha mala presses palms together in prayer. At left a man in orange robes with a mala stands watching. Ornate gold ornaments and a marigold garland adorn the murti.2016-03-07A man in a saffron-red dhoti and bare shoulder stands at a black stone Shiva lingam, pouring water from a silver kalasha over it during an abhishekam. He wears a rudraksha mala and a rudraksha headband with gold bangles on his arms. An assistant in white and saffron stands beside the lingam, and another devotee in orange sits at the left edge. Behind them, a tall pillar is wrapped in red, pink and yellow flower garlands. The man has distinctive long swept-back hair and ceremonial adornments, matching the appearance cues for a person as the officiating figure. Other people in the frame are priests and devotees.2015-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copies