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Inside a temple sanctum with ornate silver-framed arches and a gilded door on the right, a man in a deep maroon-red dhoti with gold-bordered cloth and a matching maroon head-wrap holds a silver trident (trishul) and wears a long multi-coloured marigold garland with a gold chain. Behind him a deity murti sits within a shrine adorned with yellow marigold garlands. A bald elderly man in white clothes stands at lower left with his hands folded and head bowed, while a man in a dark shirt with an orange-saffron shawl offers at the shrine and another man in orange and a white-clad attendant stand nearby. Brass and silver ritual vessels are visible. The setting suggests darshan or puja.

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A photograph inside a temple sanctum framed by ornate gold-embossed doors. A smiling man in a saffron-red robe with a red turban and a long gold-beaded necklace stands at right, holding a silver trident and raising one hand in blessing; garlands of yellow and orange flowers hang around his neck. Beside him, an elderly man in a grey-white kurta with glasses and rudraksha-style beads kneels with palms pressed together. Behind them a man in white dhoti stands near a silver-framed deity murti draped with marigold garlands, with a brass oil lamp and fruit offerings below. Kumkum and vibhuti mark the doorway.2015-07-02A photograph inside a temple shrine. A man in an orange-red turban and orange-red sannyasi wrap stands at right with palms pressed together in namaskar, smiling, a rudraksha-style mala visible at his neck. In front of him stands a silver-framed shrine with a deity murti (Shiva-linga style) draped in a yellow and purple flower garland and a black cloth backdrop, with a silver trishul beside it. A brass lamp and a tray of purple flowers sit in the foreground, and a silver railing separates the shrine from a donation box at lower right. Another person in white clothes is partly visible behind the shrine.2015-07-02A photograph inside a silver-framed shrine with a deity murti dressed in yellow and red flower garlands, with a small oil lamp at its base. In the foreground an elderly man in white with his back to the camera faces the shrine. A smiling man in a saffron-red turban and ochre-red robe with an ornate gold necklace and multicoloured flower garlands raises one hand in greeting and holds a silver trident. Beside him a man in white holds an object and two men stand at left, one in orange and one in white. Swamiji (probable): the standing figure in the saffron-red turban, red robe, gold necklace and garlands matches the page's Swamiji reference, based on turban, robe and ornaments, and he is physically present.2015-07-02July 02 20152015-07-02July 02 20152015-07-02May 09 20152015-05-09July 02 20152015-07-02 +1 copiesJuly 02 20152015-07-02A photograph inside a temple shrine. A silver-framed niche holds a silver deity murti of a goddess with a red and white floral garland and a yellow marigold cloth. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a maroon turban and saffron-orange and gold shawl stands with hands cupped in offering, next to a silver railing and a brass oil lamp with a lit flame. Behind him a man in a white shirt with a red tilak sits with palms pressed together. Another person is partly visible at right edge, and a metal donation box sits on the railing.2015-07-02May 04 20152015-05-04A photograph inside a silver-framed shrine in a temple. A silver-ornamented deity murti with a yellow and orange marigold garland and purple flower garlands is seated behind a black cloth, with a brass lamp stand and a metal railing in front. A man in orange robes and an orange turban, shown from behind with bare shoulders and arms raised to his head, stands before the shrine. Beside him, a man in a white shirt stands near the railing, and a bald man in orange cloth and a woman with folded hands are visible to the right. Several people are partially visible at the edges, with an orange garment at left. Writing in Devanagari is carved on the silver panel above the shrine.2015-07-02July 02 20152015-07-02