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A photograph inside a temple doorway showing a bare-chested priest in a green cloth and white forehead marking holding a brass aarti lamp with several flames toward a seated figure in orange robes with long dark hair who bows with hands raised to the head. Two seated devotees in orange clothing with folded hands and sandalwood forehead marks sit to the left, and a white-dhoti-clad attendant stands at right. Behind them, a silver-clad deity murti and garlands are visible, with carved stone walls framing the entrance.

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January 08 20102010-01-08A temple interior during an aarti ceremony. In the centre, a bare-chested man with a shaved head and a red-and-gold headband wears an orange cloth and a large rudraksha mala, arms raised overhead toward a flaming lamp. Behind him, a man in white dhoti holds a tray and other devotees stand with palms joined. At lower right, a woman with her hair pinned with flowers faces the flame held in a brass vessel. A yellow decorated plate and a painted red-and-green wall panel are visible in the background. The appearance-based cues do not clearly match the a person description, so the central figure is described by role only.2012-05-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple worship scene inside a small shrine. In the foreground, a shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti with a pink and green striped cloth and a gold chain holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp, an aarti offering. Facing him, a person with long dark hair and an orange robe stands with palms pressed together and head bowed in reverence. Two other people in orange robes are partly visible at left, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a sacred thread stands behind the priest near a decorated deity murti garlanded with flowers at upper right. The shrine walls are pale blue and red-and-white striped.2008-07-29A photograph at a temple doorway with stone carved pillars. A bald, bare-chested man with a white and red forehead marking, a rudraksha mala and gold-edged orange cloth lights an oil lamp on a silver tray of offerings with flowers, betel leaves and small bowls. A man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala holds the tray. On the left, a long-haired person in orange wraps stands beside two more people in orange robes in the background. a person's appearance is not clearly established from the visible cues.2012-07-24April 05 20122012-04-05December 21 20112011-12-21November 06 20112011-11-06Interior of a dim stone shrine with a plastered wall and lit oil lamps at right. A bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti bends over a black stone lingam, pouring or offering over it, with a garland draped on the lingam. Behind him stand several people in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas; one figure at the left holds his hands raised above his head, wearing a green and gold shawl, flower garland and gold armlets. A white-clad figure is in the lower left foreground. Printed red temple-motif cards stand against the wall. Four or five people are visible in the room.2012-05-18 +1 copiesSeptember 18 20062006-09-18Photograph inside a pillared temple hall at night showing a group of saffron-clad sannyasis performing a ritual. A bald man with a shaved head, white tilak marks on his forehead, a rudraksha mala and a gold necklace stands at centre-right in orange cloth, holding a lit oil lamp flame in his hands. Beside him a man with long dark hair and a red forehead mark, wearing saffron cloth, presses his palms together in prayer. To the left, a bare-chested man with a grey beard and a woman with a braided hairband and gold necklace, in saffron cloth and rudraksha beads, stand with hands folded. Devotees in pink and white shirts watch from the background, and a bright flame lights the scene.2012-06-05May 18 20122012-05-18September 18 20062006-09-18