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Two saffron-robed priests perform a fire ritual at a table draped with a green cloth. The priest on the left has a shaved head with white-and-red vibhuti markings, a rudraksha mala, and an orange wrap around his bare upper body. The priest in the centre wears a gold-beaded garland, a red-beaded headband and an orange wrap, and holds his hands above a flame burning in a brass tray of pink and white flowers. Behind them, a deity murti is decorated with a garland, and oil lamps stand on the table. A devotee with folded hands stands at the back. No clear visual cues establish a person's presence, so the figures are described by role only.

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A photograph inside a temple hall of a priest in orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, bare-chested with rudraksha mala and gold necklace, holding a lit multi-flame aarti lamp aloft while a large flame burns over a silver-edged tray of flowers on a green-gold draped table. A second orange-clad priest stands beside him with a garland and a third man in white behind, hands folded in prayer. Spectators in white shirts and dhotis stand at left, and a deity murti in a garlanded shrine with a striped arch is visible at right. A brass pot of water sits on the table, and a wooden chair with a gold-trimmed throne stands at left.2012-06-05Photograph of a temple ritual indoors. A bare-chested priest with a shaved head and white vibhuti marks on his forehead, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti and a rudraksha mala, stands at left with palms pressed together. 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A younger man in a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala stands at right with hands folded. In the background a deity murti is decorated with garlands in orange, pink and white. Brass lamps and vessels sit on the table.2012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05Photograph of a camphor flame burning above a silver tray of flowers and white offerings on a gold-edged table, during an aarti in a temple setting. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand behind the flame: the one on the left has bare arms and bare chest with multiple rudraksha malas and a large gold pendant, the one on the right wears a long rudraksha mala, gold garlands and folds his hands in namaskar with a red-tilak, red-banded headband. Behind them a younger man in white dhoti and shawl with a gold border and a mala stands on the right. Golden ritual objects and a brass lamp are visible.2012-06-05A photograph of a temple aarti or puja at an illuminated shrine niche with a carved white arch and a silver-framed altar. 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