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A photograph of a priest in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing an ornate white and blue patterned headdress with a tall cap, standing with his back to the camera. He holds a brass oil lamp with a flame toward a dark grey stone statue of a multi-armed deity in dancing pose, surrounded by a carved circular halo, holding a trident. The priest appears to be performing aarti. The setting is an orange-walled building with a window and a green gate at dusk.

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Night-time photo outdoors at an orange-walled building with a glass-fronted window and a green gate. A standing figure in saffron-orange robes and a white-and-brown cylindrical head wrap faces a dark grey stone sculpture of a multi-armed deity inside a circular arch, holding a lit oil lamp toward the murti. A plastic chair, a small table with items, and a bucket sit nearby; the ground is bare dirt. The figure's face is not visible, and the scene reads as a lamp offering at a murti.2011-10-30A priest in saffron-orange ceremonial dress and an ornate blue-and-white embroidered conical crown stands with his back to the camera, holding a small metal lamp with a flame in his right hand while facing a large grey stone murti of a multi-armed deity. The stone figure stands within a carved circular halo, holding a long staff or trident-like weapon and other implements, with a decorated pedestal. Behind them is a tiled room with a window, a ceiling fan, a refrigerator and a water canister. The scene suggests aarti performed before a deity murti.2011-10-31December 17 20112011-12-17October 30 20112011-10-30A photograph outdoors of a man in a white dhoti and white shawl edged with gold, with a cream-coloured turban and a sacred ash mark on his arm, holding a lit oil lamp or flame vessel toward a large dark grey stone sculpture of a multi-armed deity murti. The deity stands within a circular stone halo, holding weapons including a trident-like staff and a mace, and is set on a stone platform in front of an orange building with a window. Plastic chairs, a small table and an orange and gold cloth-wrapped object appear nearby, with stone sculptures visible in a garden at right.2011-08-31November 20 20102010-11-20December 17 20112011-12-17November 01 20112011-11-01December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20162016-02-17 +1 copiesDecember 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesNight-time photograph of a ritual at a grey stone sculpture of a multi-armed deity in a dynamic dancing pose, set in a circular carved halo of stylised flames. A man with a shaved head, wearing a saffron-orange shawl and orange dhoti, holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward the figure while pouring water from a small vessel onto a stone base. Fruit and flower offerings sit on a brass plate, with pink petals scattered below. Behind him, people in white ritual clothes stand with palms pressed together, and a striped canopy and a trident-like staff are visible in the background. Some attendees wear white and orange garments and watch the offering.2010-11-20