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A photograph inside a shrine room showing a person in a red-orange sleeveless garment, with a yellow and red flower garland and gold armlets, touching the forehead of a golden deity murti. On the left stands a tall golden murti with a crown, multiple arms, a trident-like staff and a white dhoti, with red lips and beaded necklaces. The murti beside it wears a tall golden crown and a green and orange sari-like garment. Garlands of marigold and red flowers hang along a wall of beige tiles and a dark wooden staircase railing. A camera operator is visible in the background.

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June 28 20142014-06-28A photograph of a temple-style sanctum where a person with bare upper body and a rust-red shawl stands at right, wearing a yellow and red flower garland and gold armlets, and touches a small standing metal murti. Beside it stand two large golden-bronze deity figures with white dhoti cloth, floral garlands in white, red and pink, and one holds a trident-like staff. A staircase with red floral garlands lies behind. Ritual setting consistent with prana prathishta or puja to the murtis.2014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesA devotee stands with back to the camera in a maroon garment and gold armlets, wearing a red and yellow flower garland, adorning a small figure with a flower garland and a gold crown. Beside them stands a larger gilded deity murti in white dhoti-like cloth with floral garlands, a trident-like staff and a gold crown. The murti in the foreground holds a tall staff and sits in a tiled shrine area with a staircase and garlanded railing behind. The scene suggests a temple-style murti adornment, with the devotee applying a mark or offering to the smaller figure's forehead.2014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesA man in a rust-red dhoti and shawl, wearing gold bangles, earrings and a thick garland of white, yellow and pink flowers over a gold chain, stands at right smiling while he touches a metal stick or staff to the face of a gold-coloured deity murti. In the centre is a gold murti with a tall crown, pearl-and-bead necklaces and a white dhoti, holding a staff, with a green-and-orange draped figure behind it. At left is a gold statue of a shaven-headed sage in orange robes with a bead necklace and a dark gemstone pendant, one hand raised in blessing. A small garlanded figure appears at lower right. The wall is tiled in pale tones beside a staircase with a wooden railing. The setting matches a prana prathishta puja at an ashram.2014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesA photograph of metal murti statues in a temple-like room with warm yellow walls and tiled wall. On the right, a tall bronze figure in an orange-and-green garment with layered beaded necklaces and a gold ceremonial pendant stands beside a white-clad metal deity figure wearing a crown and blue-bordered white cloth. A smaller metal figure in an orange garment is partly visible in the centre. At the left edge, a woman in an orange-brown sari with a red-and-white flower garland and gold bangles extends her hand toward the statues, as if performing a puja. No living person is clearly the subject beyond her arm and profile.2014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copies