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Night photograph of an outdoor shrine lit by a single tall oil lamp flame on a stone base. Behind it, dark statues of deity murtis are decorated with green leaf garlands and white floral garlands, and a trident leans against the shrine. Brass bells and a brass lamp stand sit on the ground in the foreground. No people are visible.

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Dim photograph of a brass multi-branch oil lamp stand with several lit flames burning in front of draped cloth-covered shapes in a niche. The covered shapes are dark with red floral embroidery and gold-bordered trim, and are arranged against a pale plaster wall. No people are visible. The scene suggests a puja offering lit lamps before ritual cloth-draped objects.2021-11-15November 15 20212021-11-15A dim temple shrine lit mainly by a bright open flame rising from a stone fire pit. Behind it stand gilded metal deity murtis with arched prabhavali halos and jewelled ornaments, one in purple and gold garments. To the right a brass bowl sits on a white cloth, and at the left edge a brass lamp stand is visible. No people are present in the frame.A bare-chested priest in white dhoti stands at right in a shrine room with mustard-yellow walls, holding a brass oil lamp lit with a flame toward a row of black stone deity murtis on a grey plinth. The central figure wears a red cloth and garland, and the figures at left and right wear blue, purple and green cloths and garlands. The priest holds a brass bell in his other hand, a rudraksha mala and sacred thread visible, with white ash markings on his chest and arms, performing an aarti offering in the garbhalaya.2022-07-23 +1 copiesNovember 15 20212021-11-15November 24 20122012-11-24November 19 20122012-11-19OTHER - MY KAILASA IS NOT IN THIS LIST on 3/29/20212021-03-29A night-time outdoor ritual at a stone-walled enclosure. A man with a shaved head and bare upper body, wearing a white dhoti with gold-bordered waist cloth and beaded wrist bands, holds a silver lamp with a large burning flame and stands before three dark stone deity murtis garlanded with yellow and orange flower garlands. Small white pebbles line the base, and a red wall and dark foliage with small blue fairy lights frame the scene.2013-12-24December 30 20062006-12-30A large open flame burns in a fire pit made of stone blocks in a dim temple interior. Brass oil lamps with lit wicks sit on the left and right edges of the frame. Behind the fire, an ornate silver-coloured arched shrine frame is hung with garlands and flowers, with a deity murti partly visible in the dark niche. No people are visible in the frame.December 24 20132013-12-24