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A photograph inside a temple shrine. A man with long, black, dreadlocked hair falling past his shoulders stands bare-chested, wearing a rust-red dhoti and a gold armlet and gold bangles, with a gold chain around his neck. He leans toward a large yellow-painted wooden door with iron fittings, hands pressed together in namaskar as if in prayer. To the left stands a painted, multi-armed deity murti in orange and red dhoti with garlands and a mace, and to the right a large painted hand with gold bangles and pink nails is visible. The setting is a temple sanctum entrance with a garland of white beads hanging along the door frame.

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May 24 20172017-05-24A photograph inside a temple shows a man with long, loose black hair bowing with palms pressed together before a wooden door with iron fittings. He is bare-chested, wearing a maroon cloth and a gold armlet. To the right stands a large painted deity statue with an upraised hand holding a damaru-like drum, a gold crown, gold necklaces and a white bead garland, and a red and pink dhoti. A smaller painted figure holding a flame appears at the left edge. Beside the door, the bowing devotee performs a puja-style gesture of reverence.2017-05-24A photograph of a temple doorway with two large yellow-painted wooden doors studded with square panels and iron fittings. In the foreground, a person with long dark matted hair, seen from behind, wears an orange saffron cloth draped over the body and holds a lit multi-wick brass oil lamp (aarti lamp) in the right hand, with white ash markings on the arm. Flanking the doors are painted deity statues: on the left a figure wearing a crown and gold necklace, and on the right a figure holding a trident-like staff with a cobra, wearing green cloth and bangles. The scene suggests a puja or aarti being offered at the shrine door. The figure's identity cannot be established from appearance, so no name is assigned.2017-09-03February 06 20172017-02-06July 01 20172017-07-01December 23 20162016-12-23April 13 20182018-04-13A photograph of a man with long dark hair and a full beard, bare-shouldered with a rust-red cloth wrapped around his torso, standing outdoors in front of a yellow and blue slatted gate. He wears a long multi-strand rudraksha mala across his chest and beaded bracelets on his arms, has a white forehead mark, and holds his palms together in anjali in a respectful gesture. Behind him are dry leaves, a small tree and a grey concrete wall.2018-03-01December 23 20162016-12-23 +1 copiesA photograph of a man in profile standing in a temple hall, eyes lowered in prayer. He has long matted dreadlocks down his back, a full dark beard, and wears an orange-red sannyasi shawl wrapped over bare shoulders, with a large rudraksha mala across his chest. Behind him are a brightly lit deity murti with a red backdrop and garlands, and to the right a white-clad deity murti decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands on a black pedestal. Gold ornaments and garlands frame the right edge.2018-05-30December 21 20112011-12-21September 20 20172017-09-20 +1 copies