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A photograph inside a temple shrine doorway showing a shrine niche decorated with white jasmine garlands and red flowers, with lit oil lamps and a silver kalasha-style offering set before it. On the left, a bald man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a sandalwood-marked forehead holds his hands toward the lamps. In the centre, an elderly bare-chested man in a teal green cloth performs the aarti with a lamp. On the right, a man in a white dhoti and shawl with gold borders holds a silver bell. Sandalwood paste marks the bare skin of the attendants. The arch is white with a carved face motif above it.

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June 02 20122012-06-02May 14 20122012-05-14May 09 20122012-05-09 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple shrine niche lined with golden-brown stone and an arched white carved surround with a lit orange glow. A bare-chested priest in a saffron-orange dhoti with a gold border stands at left, wearing a headband, and beside him a second attendant in orange wrapped garments and a gold-beaded necklace. At right, a shaven-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold border leans in to touch the shrine, with another attendant partly visible behind him. In the centre, a pink and red flower garland drapes over a deity murti on a golden shrine, flanked by brass lamps and metal vessels on a stone pedestal. Warm lighting and small lights line the walls.2012-05-12Photograph inside a temple shrine lit by a row of orange lights around an arched niche. In the centre, a shirtless priest with a shaved head and a saffron-orange dhoti with gold border, wearing a beaded headband, holds a flame over an ornate golden shrine with red flower garlands and a deity murti. To the left, a woman in an orange sari with a multi-strand orange garland and flower headpiece stands with hands folded. At right, a man in a white dhoti with gold border holds a brass lamp or offering vessel near the shrine doorway, with gold bangles on his wrist. Silver pillars, brass vessels and flower offerings decorate the altar.2012-05-12May 14 20122012-05-14May 12 20122012-05-12Photograph of a temple shrine interior with a golden arched niche edged in orange lights and a silver-topped canopy. Three men perform worship at a golden deity murti or shrine seat decorated with pink flowers, with silver lamps and offering vessels on the stone ledge. The man on the left is bare-chested, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti with gold borders and a gold armlet and necklace, his head shaved. Two men on the right wear white dhotis with gold borders and white shawls; one holds a brass bell-shaped vessel and a lamp is lit beside them. No clearly distinctive a person cues are visible, so the identity is unsure.2012-05-14 +1 copiesJune 04 20122012-06-04May 10 20122012-05-10A 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.2012-05-10A photograph of a temple shrine doorway with polished brown-veined stone walls and white carved arches. Inside, a shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes with gold borders raises an arm holding a vessel toward a decorated shrine lined with pink flower garlands and a gold-framed deity murti. A second robed attendant in orange stands to the left, and a man in white dhoti with gold-bordered cloth stands to the right holding a small vessel. Brass oil lamps with lit flames flank the doorway, and string lights outline the arch.2012-06-04