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A man with long dark hair and bare upper body, wearing an orange dhoti-style cloth, pours water from a silver vessel over a shrine. Inside a silver-framed niche, a deity murti draped in turquoise silk is garlanded with marigolds and red flowers. Below, a silver-bordered yoni-linga is decorated with flowers, with a lamp burning nearby and a chain and red sign with Hindi text above.

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January 05 20062006-01-05January 05 20062006-01-05January 05 20062006-01-05January 05 20062006-01-05January 05 20062006-01-05Photograph inside a temple sanctum at a Shiva lingam. A long-haired, bare-backed sannyasi in orange cloth kneels at the silver-rimmed yoni-pitha, bending over the lingam, which is decorated with flowers and bilva leaves. A man in white kurta with a yellow tilak on his forehead reaches in to offer kumkum or an offering, and a second person in orange robes sits at the right edge. Behind the sanctum, a deity murti is draped in turquoise silk and garlanded with yellow, white and red flowers, with coconuts and marigold petals on the floor. A brass oil lamp burns on a tray with ritual vessels at the left, indicating abhishekam and puja.2006-01-05January 05 20062006-01-05Inside a dim temple sanctum, a shaven-headed priest in an orange-saffron cloth pours water from a steel pot over a Shiva linga in a silver yoni-peetha base. Beside him a man in a pale blue kurta, dhoti and yellow-orange patterned shawl stands barefoot, smiling, with a red thread on his wrist. An oil lamp burns in the background alongside flowers and a coconut on the silver-edged platform. Marigolds and leaves are scattered on the metal tray, indicating abhishekam worship at the shrine.2006-01-05January 05 20062006-01-05A photograph inside a temple sanctum with grey-white marble walls and floor. A man with long, dark, loose hair and bare shoulders, wearing an orange cloth, reaches toward a small ledge on the wall. Below, a copper pot hangs on a chain above a circular stone basin, dripping water. A small gold deity murti sits in a wall niche decorated with yellow flowers, and a trident and white garland hang on the left wall. A hand of another person appears at the lower right edge.2006-01-05January 05 20062006-01-05January 06 20062006-01-06