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A photograph inside a temple shrine niche with a white carved arch framed by warm lights. A bare-chested older man with a long white beard, a band across his forehead and a beaded necklace wears an orange-saffron dhoti with gold borders and holds a flower or small object in his hands. Beside him, a younger man in orange with a red-orange cloth and arm bands stands. On the right, a priest in white dhoti with a gold border and a shawl pours or offers at a silver altar holding a lit oil lamp, a gold kalasha-style vessel, brass bowls and pink flowers. Scattered petals lie on the stone floor. Overall this is a puja or abhishekam scene, with the priest performing the ritual and the other two men attending.

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May 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesMay 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesMay 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesMay 11 20122012-05-11A photo inside a shrine niche arched with warm orange lights and a carved white stone frame. An elderly bare-chested man in an orange-saffron dhoti with gold borders and a rudraksha mala stands at a gilded altar, reaching toward a gold-and-silver shrine with flowers and brass lamps. A younger shaven-headed man in white dhoti with gold border, wearing glasses, holds a brass vessel and reaches toward the altar. Another person in orange and a rudraksha mala stands at left, and a figure in white stands at right edge. Scattered rose petals cover the floor. The elderly man shows only plain bare-chested presentation with a rudraksha mala and no crown, long hair or ornate gold necklace, so his identity is uncertain.2012-05-14A photograph of a temple shrine during worship. A bare-backed priest in an orange dhoti with gold borders and a rudraksha-style head band stands at a golden altar, reaching toward a gilded deity murti with a small Nataraja-style figure and white and pink flower garlands. A second figure in an orange robe with gold borders and a beaded necklace stands beside him, and a third man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border stands at right, holding a ritual item. Silver vessels and oil lamps sit on the altar, a glowing arched niche with lights frames the shrine, and rose petals are scattered on the stone floor.2012-05-14May 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesMay 10 20122012-05-10May 14 20122012-05-14A temple puja at a shrine with a gilded silver canopy and pink flower garlands around a deity murti in a glass-fronted niche. An elderly bare-chested priest with a shaved head, white sacred marks and a red-and-gold dhoti holds a lit lamp toward the deity while a younger attendant in an orange-red dhoti and gold garland stands beside him. Another attendant in white cloth reaches in from the right, holding a brass vessel near pink flower petals. The scene is a lamp offering in a temple setting. a person identity is not established by the visible appearance alone.2012-05-10May 12 20122012-05-12Photograph of a temple shrine ritual inside a stone-walled sanctum with an arched niche lit by warm lamps. Two priests in saffron-orange dhotis with gold borders and a third man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border stand at a silver-and-brass altar holding a multi-wick lamp (aarti) and offerings toward a deity murti framed by a pink flower garland. Behind them, a lamp burns on another altar and flower petals are scattered on the floor. A man on the left wears a flower garland, rudraksha-style beaded necklace and orange garment; the central saffron-clad priest has a red-and-white headband and ash markings. The scene reads as an aarti puja at a shrine. Three or four clearly visible men; the white-clad priest on the right has the most prominent presence.2012-05-12