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A central figure seated on a red cushion in a temple shrine, smiling broadly with a white paste smeared across the forehead and face, a tall black turban-style hair bun, a red-and-brown garment, a gold necklace, and rudraksha beads. Yellow and red marigold garlands drape over the shoulders and around the figure's neck. Behind, golden deity murtis and decorated figures in colourful multicoloured garlands stand against a backdrop of ornate garlands. A white powder covers the stone floor and a black stone slab. Another person in white and a person with a white-painted face and dark hair sit at the edges.

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A photograph inside a temple shrine during a Pratyakshya Pada Puja. At the centre, a person with a tall, dark, swept-up hairstyle, a white forehead marking, a rudraksha mala, a gold pendant necklace and a yellow-and-red flower garland sits smiling on the floor in front of the altar. Behind them, a large deity murti of Shiva with a trident and a consort figure sits on a red-draped platform, framed by arches of marigold and multicoloured flower garlands. Two standing figures flank the altar. A bare-chested priest with white ash on his body and a white headband sits at left beside a bowl, and another person with a dark topknot and white marks sits at lower right. Several people are visible, with a light dusting of white powder on the floor and their clothes. The centre person shows a person cues: a distinctive tall dark hairstyle, rudraksha mala and gold necklace.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07A photo of a pada puja at a shrine decorated with marigold and multicolour flower garlands around a deity murti group. A central figure with a tall black turban sits in a saffron-red robe with a yellow and red flower garland and a rudraksha mala, his face and hands whitened with ash. Two attendants in red and orange robes with white forehead marks sit at either side, one holding a tray. Several devotees in the foreground have their hands near the base. Two statues of a seated figure with a red and gold robe flank the arch, and a bell hangs at the left.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07A photograph of a ritual scene at a temple shrine. A central seated figure with a tall black swept-up hair crown, white sacred ash on the forehead, a gold necklace with pendant, rudraksha mala beads and a red-orange cloth is smiling and wears a long garland of yellow, red and multicoloured flowers. Beside them, a bare-chested attendant in a white vibhuti-marked tilak and blue dhoti pours or applies water, and a devotee in white kneels in front. Behind, a large gold-framed arch of marigold garlands surrounds a seated deity murti holding a staff, with an additional garlanded figure in orange at right. Attendants and devotees are partly visible, and the setting is a stone temple sanctum with a rite of abhishekam in progress.2016-03-07A seated man with a tall black swept-back hair style and a white-streaked forehead smiles broadly in a temple sanctum. He wears a rust-red sleeveless garment, a rudraksha mala, and a large ceremonial gold necklace, and his arms are dusted with white powder. Behind him, a gilded deity murti and a second deity figure stand before a tall arch of yellow, white, purple and red flower garlands. To the right, a bearded figure in white and red sits among garlands. At left, a standing attendant in red holds a rudraksha mala and wears a red shawl. Swamiji (probable): the seated man shows long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07