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A bald, bare-chested priest in a maroon-orange dhoti with a gold border sits cross-legged at right in front of a golden shrine niche lit by a row of warm lamp lights. He wears a dark rudraksha mala and a thin beaded headband, with white sacred ash marks on his arms and upper body. The shrine holds a gilded deity murti with a pinkish-red flower garland, a golden arched canopy, and a dancing Nataraja-style figure at left. Brass vessels, a kalasha-like pot and a tray of pink flowers and leaves sit on the stone platform, with a brass bowl in the foreground. Setting is a temple sanctum.

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May 12 20122012-05-12May 13 20122012-05-13June 05 20122012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05May 08 20122012-05-08May 12 20122012-05-12A photograph inside a temple shrine room with orange-brown stone walls and a golden shrine niche holding a deity murti decorated with pink flowers and a silver kalasha-like vessel. On the left, a seated man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl wears a long gold-and-yellow flower garland, a rudraksha-style bracelet and a beaded headband, with his hands folded in his lap. In the centre-right, a shirtless priest with a shaved head, seen from behind, wears an orange dhoti, a beaded headband and a gold pendant, and sits before a stone altar with pink flowers, green leaves and a brass plate holding a lit wick. Brass pots and small steel cups sit on the altar and floor, and white sacred ash marks the priest's arms and back.2012-05-13A photograph inside a temple shrine niche lit by a line of warm lights. A figure in an orange-red wrapped garment with a gold border and a gold floral head ornament stands in profile at the left, facing a golden shrine with a white spired canopy, holding a rudraksha-style bead strand near the arm. Pink and red flower garlands decorate a small deity murti and the shrine, with brass oil lamps on the stone ledge in front. The wall is textured stone and a wooden door frame is at the left edge.2012-04-29June 05 20122012-06-05May 12 20122012-05-12May 13 20122012-05-13May 13 20122012-05-13 +2 copies