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Night photo of an outdoor shrine on a small white building with a corrugated roof and red metal posts. A large deity murti with a gold crown, red-orange drapery and red garlands stands inside an arch. Two people with long dark hair in orange and white garments, and a third in a red sleeveless top with an orange wrap, face the murti from the foreground. Marigold garlands hang at the left edge.

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Night photo of a small roadside shrine with an illuminated deity murti decorated with yellow and green garlands, set in an open cabinet-style niche. A purple cloth covers part of the altar, with brass items and a red-orange cloth on a low wooden stand in front. Several people stand close around it: a man in white kurta at the centre, a figure in an orange top at right with flower garlands, and others in dark clothing in the foreground, some partly cut off at the edges. A patterned wall and tiled roof frame the scene.2014-06-27Evening aarti at a roofed open-sided shrine with a grey stone temple facade framed by blue curtains and fairy lights. Several priests in white dhotis and orange shawls raise lamps and bells before a golden-arched deity murti garlanded with flowers. A man in an orange robe with a red-bordered dhoti stands centrally, holding a bell. Seated devotees in the foreground, including a woman in red, watch the ritual. Oil lamps and a lit wick glow beside the shrine.2008-09-30December 29 20102010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29Night photograph of an outdoor ritual beneath a large banyan tree. A bare-chested priest in a red dhoti raises a lit aarti lamp toward a seated figure wearing a tall golden crown and white garments, who sits on a red stone platform before a dark stone deity murti on the right. Around them about a dozen men stand with palms pressed together in namaste, several in white dhotis and orange shawls, one in an orange turban and orange robe, another in a maroon shirt. A tall metal flagstaff stands at left with strands of white cloth hanging from its top. Offerings and a brass kalasha sit on the ground.2006-12-20December 24 20082008-12-24 +1 copiesDecember 21 20072007-12-21December 20 20062006-12-20December 31 20152015-12-31 +1 copiesJune 03 20122012-06-03A night-time ritual before a golden arched shrine holding a Ganesha deity murti draped in marigold and red flower garlands. A fire burns on a brass tray in front, and several devotees in saffron-orange robes sit or kneel around it with hands folded. A young woman in orange stands at right holding a white offering plate, and a robed attendant at left pours from a vessel near the fire. Golden lamps stand on either side and a red-cushioned throne is visible at right edge, consistent with a homa being performed. A watermarked copyright line appears on the image.2013-11-04Night-time photo of a temple shrine area with a roofed open veranda and grey stone pillars. On the left, a deity murti in blue and gold with a marigold garland and an oil lamp on the altar, plus a bowl of flowers and leaves offered before it. A woman in orange robes with long dark hair stands barefoot with palms pressed together in prayer. Beside her, a man in orange robes and a shaved head stands with hands folded, and a man in white dhoti and shawl with rudraksha mala stands with hands folded in devotion. Red pillars and a red-walled room appear at right.2011-12-10