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Photograph inside a shrine niche with a warm glowing arch of lights. A bare-backed man in an orange dhoti with gold borders leans forward at a gold and silver altar, bending over a small deity murti and offering items, with a rudraksha mala on his shoulder and wrist. Beside him stands a woman in an orange saree with gold border and rudraksha malas around her neck, arms and head, hands clasped before a tray of pink and white flowers and green leaves. Silver kalasha-style vessels and a tall brass lamp stand stand on the altar.

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May 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesMay 14 20122012-05-14May 11 20122012-05-11May 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesMay 13 20122012-05-13 +2 copiesMay 11 20122012-05-11May 11 20122012-05-11A photograph inside a temple shrine showing two people in orange-saffron cloth with gold borders. In the foreground, a bare-backed man with a shaved head, rudraksha bead headband and bracelet holds a brass aarti plate with lit oil lamps toward an ornate golden shrine. A second person in orange with rudraksha malas stands to the left. The shrine holds a small gold Nataraja dancing-Shiva figure, a deity murti, white flowers and pink petals, and silver vessels sit on the stone platform. The aarti lamps flicker in front of the shrine as the ritual is performed.2012-05-14May 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesMay 14 20122012-05-14Two men in saffron-orange dhotis with gold borders stand before a gilded shrine in a warm stone-walled temple. The shaved-headed elder in the foreground, bare-shouldered with a rudraksha mala and gold armlet, reaches toward a gold kalasha-topped shrine holding a gold Nataraja figure, pink flowers and offering vessels. Beside him, a younger man in orange with a red rudraksha headband and rudraksha mala watches. A devotee's arm in white is visible at the right edge. Oil lamps glow along the arch and petals scatter on the floor. The scene appears to be a temple puja or pooja at an altar.2012-05-14 +2 copiesMay 11 20122012-05-11