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A priest in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with bare chest marked by white stripes and a bracelet on his upper arm, performs aarti with a lit oil lamp before a deity murti. The murti is adorned with a crown, pink and white flower garlands and a silver-toned altar and pink cloth. The priest has long hair tied up on his head and wears small hoop earrings. A small vessel is held in his other hand. The scene is a temple puja set in a pink-lit room with a white door in the background.

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A photograph of a priest performing aarti before a deity murti decorated with pink, white and multicolored flower garlands. The priest, seen from behind in profile, wears an orange saffron cloth wrapped around the body with a sash over one shoulder, a bun of hair on top of the head, earrings and a beaded armlet, and holds a lit oil lamp in the right hand with a small silver vessel in the left. The murti sits on a gilded silver seat draped with a pink cloth, under a silver arch. Smoke rises from the flame.2018-04-18April 18 20182018-04-18April 18 20182018-04-18April 18 20182018-04-18A young man in orange saffron cloth and a dark wrapped turban performs aarti before a decorated deity murti. He holds a brass aarti lamp with a flame in one hand and a handbell in the other. His bare upper body shows beaded bracelets and armlets, and he wears rudraksha malas around his neck. Behind him, the deity murti is adorned with garlands of pink, yellow and white flowers on a silver pedestal. The setting is a temple-style shrine in a plain room.2018-04-18April 18 20182018-04-18July 17 20152015-07-17April 30 20152015-04-30January 04 20192019-01-04A figure seen from behind, with long dark hair swept back and a white and pink flower garland over the shoulder, wearing a rust-red wrap, holds a lit oil lamp toward an ornate golden throne-shaped altar. Seated on it is a deity murti dressed in red and gold with a blue and orange embroidered cloth, a tall crown, and a silver necklace. A smaller seated figure with flower garlands sits on the altar base below, and a brass lamp stands at the right. The setting is a dim interior with a red canopy overhead. The figure's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity, so this is marked unsure.2016-05-22A woman in saffron-orange robes stands at left holding a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward a decorated deity murti with gold crowns and garlands of yellow, purple and red flowers. The deities are seated under a gilded arch in a temple-like pavilion. In the foreground a small figure in orange and a white shawl with garlands sits beside ritual brass vessels, and a seated man in orange robes sits at the left edge. A brass lamp stand and kalasha-type vessels surround the altar. Some garland-decorated golden structure is placed before the murti.2009-12-30A photograph of a temple shrine during a puja. A person with long dark matted hair, wearing a rust-brown wrap and a white and pink flower garland, stands at left holding a lit lamp toward a central altar. On the altar, a deity murti is dressed with a striped cloth and marigold garlands, flanked by brass lamps and bowls of offerings. Behind it, a larger deity murti with a shiva lingam-like crown and orange-and-white draped cloth sits on a gold throne beneath a canopy. Pink drapes and a gold pillar frame the scene, with brass lamps on the red floor.2016-05-22