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A woman in a rust-orange sari with a leopard-print blouse-wrap stands at left, holding a lit oil lamp toward a shrine. Behind an ornate golden arch, two large deity murtis wear orange and gold garments, garlanded with red and yellow flowers; one holds a trident-like staff. In front, a small black Shiva linga with a rudraksha-style garland and a gold-framed altar display fruit, flower petals and offerings. A smaller standing figure in orange robes with folded hands stands in a green niche at right. Purple drapery frames the shrine and the room is open to greenery on both sides.

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June 06 20142014-06-06A woman in a rust-red blouse and leopard-print wrap stands at left, holding a lit oil lamp or aarti flame over a Shiva lingam decorated with garlands of red, pink and yellow flowers. Behind the lingam, two gilded deity murtis with ornate crowns and gold necklaces sit on a purple draped platform beneath a golden arch. At right, a smaller statue of a standing figure in orange and gold clothing with a rudraksha-style necklace stands in a niche. Fruit, flowers and a brass plate sit on the white-draped altar in front of the lingam, inside an open temple pavilion with stone pillars.2014-06-06June 04 20142014-06-04June 06 20142014-06-06June 06 20142014-06-06 +1 copiesPhotograph of a temple shrine with two priests in orange-red dhotis performing worship before a central deity murti. A bald priest on the left, bending forward with bare upper body and a sacred thread, offers something from a white bowl. A second priest in a patterned cloth seated beside him holds a small vessel. Behind them stands a gold arched frame around a pair of deity figures in orange and purple garments with crowns, garlanded with pink and yellow flowers. A lingam-like object with a silver snake hood sits in front, draped in marigold and pink garlands. A standing devotee figure in a niche on the right wears red and white. Fruit, flowers and offerings lie on the floor. This is a padapuja-style puja setting in a temple.2014-06-06A woman in an orange sari sits cross-legged on a stone platform performing puja before a shrine. Her forehead bears a white tilak. Before her are brass vessels, a bowl of flowers and leaves, and a lamp. Behind her, a deity murti pair in a gilded arch on a magenta drape: the left figure wears a red turban, rudraksha-like beads and four arms, the right wears a golden crown and a garland. Between them stands a black lingam draped in red cloth, garlanded with red and yellow flower strands. A small bronze deity murti sits in front. The setting is a stone temple sanctum with carved pillars.2013-08-03 +1 copiesMay 11 20132013-05-11A photograph of a temple shrine with a golden arch framing two large deity figures in front of green drapery. The central figure wears an orange-red turban and a red-beaded garland and holds a conch and other attributes. The figure beside it wears a silver crown and a red shawl over blue. A woman in an orange sari sits cross-legged on the floor at lower left, facing an altar with white flower garlands, a kalasha-like pot, brass vessels, and a purple cloth. On the right, a small blue-curtained niche holds a statue of a standing figure in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha beads, hands raised.2013-08-15September 19 20132013-09-19February 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesA person in an orange-red robe with a rudraksha mala, white marks on the arms and forehead, stands at left with hands joined toward a shrine. Behind a black stone base holding a tall lingam, seated deity murti with a crown, flower garlands and gold ornaments sit within a gilded arch framed by green cloth. A standing figure in a gold-and-orange striped garment, rudraksha necklace and white flower garland stands at right. Brass oil lamps and small metal offerings sit on the floor, with petals scattered at the base.2017-09-05