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Photograph inside an ornate temple hall with carved white stone and wooden panels, a red curtain, and a television screen on the right. In the centre, a figure in orange robes and an orange turban stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, with a gold necklace and rudraksha-style beads, facing a carved white shrine niche. Behind and to the right, several men in orange and cream robes stand, one holding a brass vessel with greenery. An orange-and-white cloth is draped on a white railing.

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Interior of a temple with white carved stone shrine and ornate wooden ceiling. A man in an orange turban and saffron robe stands with palms pressed together in namaste before a shrine doorway with a blue cloth, a sign reading DATTA above it. Beside him a shirtless priest with a rudraksha mala and white dhoti stands facing the shrine. Another man in a white robe and two attendants in pink and orange stand nearby, and a flat-screen TV hangs on the wall showing a ceremony. Brass lamps and a kalasha sit on the shrine ledge.2008-10-29A photograph inside a white marble temple shrine at Mysore. A standing figure in an orange robe and matching orange head wrap stands with palms pressed together in namaste before a carved doorway labelled "DATTA" beside a gilded deity murti. Red cloth drapes hang on the left. On the right, a person in a yellow shawl and white dhoti, with a shaved head, stands with hands folded, and an older woman in a pink sari stands behind. Gold-tipped white pillars and a patterned marble floor frame the scene.2008-10-29October 29 20082008-10-29November 09 20072007-11-09March 22 20082008-03-22Photograph inside a white marble temple shrine with a silver-framed niche bearing the word DATTA above a golden deity murti garlanded with white, orange and pink flowers. A priest with bare chest, white dhoti and rudraksha mala holds a brass puja tray before the murti. A figure in a saffron-orange turban and orange robe with a red undershirt and beaded necklace stands at right, hands together and smiling. Beside them a man in a pale yellow shawl and white dhoti stands with his head bowed, and at left a man with a red-and-orange shawl is partly visible. Ornate marble pillars and carved pedestals frame the scene.2008-10-29A ritual scene in an indoor hall with a plain white wall. A man in long flowing orange robes with long, voluminous dark hair bends forward at the waist, one hand extended toward a small yellow-clad deity murti with a decorated crown and red-ornamented headdress, set among large white and red-yellow-green floral garlands on tall statues. Behind him, another man in orange robes stands with a shaved head and a red tilak, and to the left a seated man in orange with hands pressed together in anjali and beaded mala necklaces watches. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti sits at the far left near a dark deity figure, and red flower offerings lie in the foreground. Several people are visible, roughly four to five.2007-11-09January 08 20102010-01-08January 01 20062006-01-01October 29 20082008-10-29July 23 20092009-07-23A photograph of a temple-type open-air shrine with a corrugated roof. In the foreground a man in saffron-orange robes, with a red and white flower garland and a rudraksha mala, stands with palms pressed together in anjali mudra and eyes closed. Beside him stands another saffron-robed man with a long beard. To the right, a framed portrait labelled with a readable name sits on a red chair draped in orange fabric, garlanded with marigold and yellow flowers. Behind, men in white dhotis and orange shawls carry a kalasha and lamps, and a deity murti stands decorated with garlands. Stainless steel counters hold brass oil lamps and offering trays.2009-12-30