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Photograph inside a dim temple hall with stone pillars, where a bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti and pink shoulder cloth stands at a low railing, holding a white cloth bundle while a worshipper bends forward. In the foreground, several people sit on a mat in orange and red robes, including a long-haired figure in a red robe with a white flower garland who sits with hands folded. Nearby, men in orange and saffron shawls and white vibhuti tilaks stand behind the railing, and a silver-toned ritual staff with a trident and flower garland stands upright beside the railing. A yellow sign with red lettering appears at left. The scene looks like a temple ritual or darshan.

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December 20 20112011-12-20A photograph inside a temple doorway at night, showing a group of men in saffron-orange robes performing an aarti ritual. A figure in the centre wears an orange robe with a yellow marigold garland and gold necklace, holding a lit oil lamp flame over a small brass dish. Beside him a shaved-headed man in orange holds a brass plate of offerings, and a bare-chested attendant in a white dhoti holds a silver tray. A young man in white with a white forehead band stands at left with a rudraksha mala, and a crowd of onlookers fills the background. Yellow flowers lie on a dark stone shivalinga-style base in the foreground. Several people wear rudraksha malas.2011-12-20July 13 20092009-07-13December 20 20112011-12-20July 13 20092009-07-13December 20 20112011-12-20July 13 20092009-07-13Inside a stone temple hall with carved grey pillars, a group of devotees in saffron and orange robes stands in a crowd. A central figure with long dark hair wears an orange cloth, a gold necklace and a gold armlet, with hands joined in greeting. Beside him a bald man in orange holds a gold necklace and a gold kalasha-like pot. Another bearded priest in orange dhoti with white forehead marking and rudraksha mala offers a brass bowl toward the central figure. Bare-chested men in white dhotis and rudraksha malas stand at right near a white metal gate, and a grey-haired man in white cloth watches from the lower right. Women in orange and maroon saris stand behind, hands in anjali, at a temple darshan or pooja.2011-12-20April 05 20122012-04-05December 20 20112011-12-20A temple ritual photograph in a crowded shrine area. A shirtless priest with a wet, bare torso and white dhoti with orange border leans forward, offering a brass plate of yellow items to a figure seated on a red-and-gold patterned mat. The seated figure wears an orange robe with a white headband and a white flower garland. Beside him, a man in an orange robe and orange turban holds a floral garland hanging on a stick. Seated nearby are devotees: a man in orange with hands folded in prayer, a woman in white with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala, and a woman in maroon with white jasmine in her hair, her palms pressed together. Yellow hundial donation box and orange-and-white clothed devotees stand behind a metal railing in the background.2009-07-13A photograph inside a temple corridor shows several priests in saffron and orange cloths performing an aarti ritual. On the right, a man with a white vertical tilak on his forehead and a red-and-saffron shawl holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp. In the centre, a shaved-headed priest in orange robes wears a flower garland and rudraksha beads, and a man in a white and red-bordered cloth holds a plate of offerings. A figure at the left, seen from behind, wears a floral garland and a crown-like headband. Devotees in white stand in the background beside carved stone pillars and a metal grille.2012-06-05