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A photograph inside a temple shrine with painted pink, yellow and blue walls. A tiered silver lamp stand holding many lit oil lamps stands in the foreground, flames rising from each tier. Behind it a golden throne-like seat with carved gold ornamentation is partly visible, with a seated figure in orange-saffron cloth in the centre. Hanging brass lamps and strings of small lights frame the doorway. At right a painted deity guardian figure with a club and red-orange skin stands beside the entrance. At lower left, partially visible devotees in white and red clothing and a bald head are present; a woman in a maroon sari stands near the lamps and a child in a maroon top is visible at lower centre. A brass lamp with a bird finial sits on the right.

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A photograph inside a richly painted temple hall during aarti. In the foreground, a person's hands hold up a tiered silver aarti lamp with multiple lit oil lamp flames. Behind it, a seated figure in a deep red garment sits on an ornate gold throne with a tiger-skin cushion, framed by a doorway draped with hanging bells. To the right stands a large painted deity murti of a fierce multi-armed figure in gold ornaments holding a staff. Small oil lamps burn on brass stands, and devotees in saffron and red clothing sit at the lower edge. Pink, green and blue painted pillars surround the scene.2013-04-01A photograph of an aarti ceremony in a colourfully painted temple hall. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in an orange-saffron robe raises a tiered silver aarti lamp with many burning flames toward the shrine. Behind him, a figure in orange-brown robes sits on an ornate gold throne with a gold-backed seat and a tiger-striped cloth, flanked by hanging lamps and brass oil lamps. Other people in saffron and white clothing sit nearby, and a woman in a pale green garment is at left. The walls are painted in pink, green and yellow patterns.2013-04-01 +2 copiesA photograph of an aarti ceremony in a decorated shrine room. In the foreground a bald priest in a white dhoti raises a tiered silver aarti lamp with many lit flames toward a seated figure. The seated figure wears rust-red robes, an orange-brown shawl and a long rudraksha mala, sitting on an ornate gold throne with a tiger-striped cushion. Behind the throne, pink, yellow and green painted pillars and gold-lit arches frame the room. Small brass oil lamps stand on the floor, and women in red saris sit at the lower right beside a kneeling devotee. No readable name appears on the scene itself.2013-04-01March 30 20132013-03-30April 01 20132013-04-01April 01 20132013-04-01 +2 copiesMarch 30 20132013-03-30A photograph of a ritual aarti in a temple hall with brightly painted blue and pink walls and two large painted dvarapala guardian figures holding clubs flanking a doorway. In the centre a tiered silver lamp with many lit flames is held up by a shaved-headed priest in an orange-brown dhoti with a white tilak and rudraksha mala, at left. Beyond the lamp, a seated figure in orange robes and a red-bead mala sits on an ornate gold throne draped with a striped cloth, with a dark background of small lights. At right a man in white clothes sits with hands folded in anjali, and brass oil lamps stand on the floor. The scene reads as an aarti or puja offered before a seated teacher.2013-03-13April 01 20132013-04-01A photograph of a ritual scene in a temple hall with turquoise and pink painted walls and two large painted guardian figures with raised weapons flanking a doorway. A seated figure in a red-orange robe with a long dark hair sits on a golden throne with a tiger-skin cloth before him, in a dimly lit inner shrine lit by hanging lamps. In the foreground a bald priest in an orange-saffron cloth with white markings on his chest holds up a tiered brass oil lamp with many lit flames. Below, a girl in a white and pink sari sits near the throne, and an older man in white and a man in a green shirt stand with folded hands in devotion. Brass lamps stand on the floor to the right.2013-03-21April 01 20132013-04-01January 28 20132013-01-28