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A man with long dreadlocked hair, a trimmed beard and a white tripundra mark on his forehead performs aarti before ornately decorated deity murtis in a temple. He wears a purple-and-white flower garland, an orange-brown shawl and a rudraksha-style red thread on his wrist, and holds a lit lamp in his hands near a silver kalasha. The deity figures are adorned with yellow and red marigold garlands, white flowers and silver ornaments, and the shrine is framed by gold and maroon decorative panels with glittering embellishments.

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A photograph of a temple-style ritual indoors under a white tent ceiling with a banana leaf hanging above. A shirtless man with long dreadlocked hair, a white tilak on his forehead, a pink and white flower garland, and a rust-orange cloth wrapped around his lower body raises a lit lamp in his right hand toward the deities. Before him stand a black stone murti of a deity with a tall crown and a white dhoti, and a gold-clad deity dressed in green and red silk, both decorated with yellow, orange and white flower garlands. Brass lamps and a silver tray sit on the red floor, scattered with flower petals. Behind them, a large gold and blue arched canopy frames the altar.2016-12-19A photograph of a temple abhishekam before a golden deity murti decorated with flower garlands and a rainbow arch of marigolds and roses. A man stands with his back to the camera, wearing a brown turban, a long dark braid falling down his back, a white flower garland, a gold armlet and a saffron-brown cloth wrapped at the waist, and he holds a ceremonial vessel. Golden deity figures and a cobra hood behind the central murti, and a second gilded figure with a blue-and-gold turban and jewelled ornaments stands at left. Green-tipped golden finials crown the linga-like shrine in the foreground. Only one physical person is visible. The man's identity cannot be confirmed from appearance, so he is described by role only.2016-12-23December 19 20162016-12-19December 19 20162016-12-19July 09 20172017-07-09Photo 11738526Photo 11717787 +1 copiesPhoto 11717785 +1 copiesDecember 19 20162016-12-19December 31 20172017-12-31A photograph of a temple ritual inside a shrine with stone pillars and a smoky, light-filled interior. In the foreground a man with long black hair wears a maroon-red turban with a small ornament, a pink and white floral garland, and a rust-red cloth, and holds up a small ritual vessel or lamp toward the deities. Beside him, a gold-adorned deity murti is dressed in yellow and green garlands, and a large decorated altar with multicoloured flower garlands in red, yellow, green, purple and white rises on the right. A gold trident-shaped ornament is visible on the right. At the edge, a figure with white forehead markings assists. Smoke or incense haze fills the air.2017-11-11A photograph inside a temple shrine. A person with long dreadlocked hair, wearing a rust-red wrap and a maroon turban, stands at left with their back to the camera, holding a small brass oil lamp (aarti) toward ornately decorated deity murtis. The murtis are gold-coloured and adorned with heavy garlands in red, yellow, purple and white, jewelled necklaces and a golden cobra hood over one figure. A golden kalasha-like vessel and brass puja items sit on the floor. The scene reads as a puja or aarti at a shrine, and the person is identified only by role, not by name.2017-07-09