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A photograph of a temple shrine where a young man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti with a rudraksha mala across his chest, performs an aarti with a flaming lamp held in both hands before a deity murti. The murti behind the lamp is adorned with white and pink flower garlands and a large ornate headdress. Behind him stand larger painted or carved figures with gold ornaments, and a bronze statue of a robed sage with a beaded necklace stands at the right. Brass lamps, a gold-trimmed altar with offerings, and a dark stone pillar frame the scene, with orange-and-gold draped cloth hanging on the right.

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A photograph inside a stone shrine of a temple, with a devotee in orange saffron cloth at left raising a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward deity murti. The central deity murti is adorned with garlands and a red-and-gold garment, flanked by standing figures holding weapons and attendant statues. Brass lamp stands and a stone carved niche surround the shrine. The devotee has long dreadlocked hair, rudraksha-style beads on the wrist, and wears saffron dhoti and orange cloth. Only one physical person is visible. Puja performed in front of the deity murti at the temple.2015-05-13May 13 20152015-05-13May 13 20152015-05-13May 13 20152015-05-13May 13 20152015-05-13January 12 20172017-01-12May 13 20152015-05-13May 13 20152015-05-13January 12 20172017-01-12A photograph of a temple ritual in progress. A person with long, swept-back dark hair and an orange sleeveless garment with an orange shawl stands at left, holding a brass bell in one hand and a brass lamp with a bright flame in the other. In front of them is a dark stone shivalinga topped with white abhishekam offerings, set beside a gold-coloured deity murti adorned with red stones, a crown and yellow and white flower garlands. Red and gold draped cloth covers the altar behind. The orange-clad figure has distinctive long hair, saffron clothing and a shawl, consistent with a probable Swamiji identification, and performs the puja.2010-02-12September 24 20172017-09-24A photograph inside a stone-pillared shrine at an outdoor altar, where a priest in orange robes stands with his back to the camera holding a lit lamp toward a deity murti of Shiva and a consort, decorated with marigold and multicolored flower garlands and a red crown. Two other orange-robed attendants sit at left, and brass lamps, brass vessels, bowls of offerings, rudraksha strands and garlands surround the platform draped in orange cloth. The setting appears to be a puja or aarti at a shrine; no clearly identifiable a person is shown in appearance-based terms, only a priest in orange.2008-12-27