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A priest in white dhoti with a bare upper body and grey hair in a bun holds a silver multi-flame aarti lamp with burning wicks above a silver-clad deity murti. The murti wears white cloth, a golden crown, a blue sash, rudraksha mala and garlands of white jasmine, red roses and pink flowers, seated on a golden palanquin with an orange cloth below. Red and multicolour tasselled canopy fabric hangs overhead. Several devotees in red and white stand watching at right, hands folded. Scene is a palanquin procession ritual with aarti. Counting only physical people visible: priest plus several devotees, roughly six to twenty.

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A priest with a bare back and white dhoti aarti a silver-vessel lamp with three flames before a silver-clad murti of a saint seated in a gold palanquin. The murti wears a gold crown, white cloth and rudraksha mala, and is heavily garlanded with white jasmine, red and pink flowers. Behind him, red and gold canopy tassels hang, and onlookers stand with hands folded at the palanquin, while orange cloth and scattered petals lie on the palanquin base.2012-06-05 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesJuly 20 20102010-07-20March 02 20182018-03-02A bare-chested priest in a green dhoti and white sacred thread stands at a palanquin, performing aarti with a brass oil lamp with a bright flame toward a deity murti draped in orange and white cloth and garlanded with pink and white flowers. Coconuts sit on a tray in front. The palanquin has a red and blue canopy with gold trim and tassels and a gold-embellished frame. A young boy in a yellow shirt stands at the right edge. The priest wears a rudraksha-style mala and white tilak markings, but his face and appearance do not establish any identity, so this is a priest performing puja, not an identified person.2012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple shrine during worship. In the foreground a bare-backed priest wearing a green head wrap, white dhoti with gold border and a yellow shawl over his left shoulder performs aarti, holding a lit oil lamp toward a decorated shrine. The shrine is covered in red and green cloth, flowers, gold ornaments and a kalasha-like vessel. Beside it sit a small carved figure of a seated sage, a painted lion and a carved multi-headed cobra. At left, a jewelled deity murti stands.2015-09-17 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05A temple ritual photograph. A bare-chested priest in a green head-cloth, white dhoti with a red border and a green sash pours water from a silver vessel over a richly adorned deity murti standing in front. The murti wears a gold crown, layered gold necklaces, garlands of yellow and red flowers, and a green sari with gold border. Behind it hangs a large arch of marigold and rose garlands and a canopy with colourful tassels. In the foreground a fire burns in a brick homa pit with a bowl of offerings, surrounded by brass vessels, lamps and flower-filled plates.2016-03-27A priest with a shaved head and bare back, wearing white dhoti and an orange-and-gold shawl, holds a brass lamp with a flame and a bell-shaped aarti vessel before an ornate gold-framed shrine. The shrine holds a deity murti decorated with red roses, marigold garlands and green leaves. Another person in white stands at left, and several more figures stand in the background. Small deity murti with garlands sits on a red cloth in the foreground, and string lights and scaffolding are visible behind. This shows an aarti ritual at a shrine.2018-03-02June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesMarch 27 20162016-03-27