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A photograph of a temple shrine during a ritual. On the left, a bearded man with hair tied in a knot and bare-chested, wearing an orange dhoti and rudraksha malas and garlands, holds a silver-patterned vessel topped with green leaves. Beside him, a person in a brown-red garment with flower-adorned hair and a garland presses palms together in prayer with eyes closed, forehead marked with tilak. Behind them is a gold-framed arch with a red cloth and a deity murti decorated with yellow and purple garlands and gold ornaments. Another man in white stands at the back in the dim background.

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Two priests stand before a golden shrine framed by an ornate gold arch and red drapery, with a deity murti decorated with yellow and purple garlands. The man on the left, bearded with hair tied up, wears an orange dhoti and red and white beaded garlands, holding a silver kalasha with green leaves in his hands. The man on the right, with long hair in a bun and a multicoloured garland, presses his palms together in prayer with eyes closed, wearing a rust-brown cloth. Marigold and rose garlands hang across the shrine. a person is not indicated as present on this page.2016-02-16A photograph of a ritual at a richly decorated golden shrine with a red backdrop. At centre stands a deity murti draped in garlands of yellow, orange and purple flowers, with a gold necklace and a red cloth skirt. On the left a bearded man with a bare chest wears an orange dhoti and red and white beaded necklaces, holding a blue-and-white patterned kalasha vessel and pouring from it toward the murti as part of abhishekam. On the right a person with hair in a bun and flowers, wearing a red and green beaded garland and maroon cloth, stands with palms pressed together in devotion. A third man in a white dhoti and beaded necklace stands in the background at left.2016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16A ritual scene in front of a golden deity murti adorned with yellow and orange garlands. A bearded man in an orange dhoti and a red-beaded mala stands at left, holding a blue-and-white pot with green leaves offered toward the deity. Seated at right on an ornate gold throne, a figure in a maroon robe with a gold-bordered cloth and a red-and-green flower garland presses palms together in prayer, a flower in the hair. A second man in white dhoti with a bead necklace stands at left edge.2016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual at night before a gilded shrine arch, with a deity murti decorated with garlands of marigolds and white flowers. A man in an orange dhoti and bare chest, with a bead necklace and red and white wristbands, holds a lit silver aarti lamp with a flame toward the murti, while a microphone is held beside it. Below, a woman kneels with palms pressed together and eyes closed, wearing a maroon cloth, red-and-white floral garlands and flowers in her hair, with a sacred ash mark on her forehead. A basket of flower petals sits in front of the murti, and a gold ornate parasol with red and yellow tassels stands at right.2016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16A nighttime ritual aarti before a decorated deity murti draped in red cloth and layered with yellow, orange and purple garlands. A bearded priest with bare chest, orange dhoti, red beaded mala and gold necklace holds a silver plate with a lit camphor flame toward the image. Seated at right, a person in a maroon garment with a multicolour flower garland and a flower in the hair has hands raised in a devotional gesture, a sandalwood mark on the forehead. A silver arched shrine frame and a red and blue fringed canopy surround the scene.2016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copies