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A photograph of a small shrine room lit in red. A person with long dark hair, seen from behind in a dark garment with a beaded rudraksha-style band on the arm, stands at the left facing the altar. The altar on a low brass-topped stand holds brass oil lamps, a kalasha-style vessel and a bowl with offerings. On the back wall, a framed picture of a seated saint-like figure with white hair and a beard, wearing orange cloth, is shown with a glowing background; a painting of a deity with a garland hangs beside a wall niche. Red cushions line the right side of the room.

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A small red-lit shrine room with pink walls and a red cloth canopy. A person in a dark brown garment with a beaded band on the sleeve stands with their back to the camera at the left edge, facing the shrine. On the walls hang a framed picture of a deity with a garland and an ornate frame, a small framed image above, and a large framed painting of a seated bearded sage with an ochre garment and a glowing backdrop. A niche holds an offering of fruit and flowers, a brass bell and kalasha-like vessels sit on a low gold-coloured table, and a red cushion rests on the floor. The scene reads as a quiet shrine space for puja and darshan.2015-09-14May 11 20122012-05-11June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesA photograph taken from behind a bare-shouldered person holding a brass aarti tray with a lit oil lamp flame and two small bowls, performing aarti before a Shiva lingam in a dim stone shrine. The lingam is adorned with marigold and flower garlands and draped cloth, with a strand of rudraksha or beaded malas hanging from the ceiling in front of it. A bright bulb lights the shrine's back wall, and a chain and hanging lamp appear at the right.2014-07-01A dimly lit inner shrine viewed through a doorway. A bare-backed priest in a white dhoti with a yellow-and-green patterned waistband stands before a brass-fronted altar, facing an deity murti draped in cloth. A brass oil lamp burns at the right edge. On the left, two men in saffron-orange shawls wear rudraksha and bead malas, one with a beaded headband, watching the worship. A partially visible figure in saffron stands at the right, and the walls are yellow ochre. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2012-05-18A photograph inside a dim stone temple shrine at Kanjanoor Agniswarar Temple. Two people in saffron-orange robes face the sanctum, a bare-shouldered figure at left in the foreground and a second figure in an orange sari with a gold border and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces holding a lit lamp toward a dark lingam-like deity murti. A large brass lamp with flames glows in the doorway, with more oil lamps and brass vessels on a ledge at right. Incense smoke drifts in the air. No individual can be clearly identified as a person from appearance.2012-05-30 +1 copiesJune 23 20142014-06-23 +1 copiesA photograph taken in a dimly lit, plastered room with a worn wall and a recessed niche. On the right, a bearded man with long dreadlocks, a white tilak on his forehead, rudraksha malas across his chest and upper arm, and a dark red-orange cloth wrapped around his body stands with his hands clasped, gazing toward a wooden shelf. On the shelf sit small metal deity murtis and a framed shrine with a lamp. In the left foreground, the back of another person with long hair and a saffron-toned cloth on the shoulder is visible, facing the shelf. The scene suggests a devotional or temple-side moment.2018-03-01 +1 copiesA dimly lit shrine room where a person seen from behind, with dark hair and bare upper body, holds a brass tray with a lit flame, red kumkum and a bowl of vibhuti or paste. In front of them a small shiva lingam stands on a base, decorated with marigold and red flower garlands and draped with a white cloth. Strings of rudraksha or beaded malas hang on the back wall, with a small oil lamp and a bell on the left. A bare electric bulb hangs above and cables run along the wall. The scene is an evening puja at a lingam.2014-07-01June 22 20142014-06-22A photograph taken in a dim, warm-lit stone room with a whitewashed wall. On the right, a long-haired man in a red-orange cloth wrap stands with his head bowed and hands clasped at his chest, wearing rudraksha beads on his chest and arm and a white forehead mark. On the left, a shirtless man with long dark hair and an orange-brown bead necklace stands with his back to the camera, facing a small low wooden altar holding small figurines and brass deity murtis, with a hanging brass lamp above. The scene suggests private worship at a small shrine.2018-03-01A temple interior with bright red walls and pillars, a black-and-white checkered marble floor, and a shrine niche holding a deity murti framed by a gold arch. A bare-chested man with a short bun and a long orange marigold garland stands at right, wearing a reddish-brown wrap, looking up toward the shrine. Oil lamps and framed pictures hang on the walls, and rose petals are scattered on the floor. A flower-garlanded figure stands in the foreground among the devotional setting. The man is a devotee or priest, and his identity is not established from appearance.2014-01-30