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A young boy with long matted hair and a rudraksha mala, wearing an orange cloth wrap and a vertical tilak, holds a brass tray of flowers and a lit oil lamp before a large black stone deity murti of Narasimha-like form with a crown and vertical tilak, seated beside a consort figure. Both are garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers and adorned with gold jewellery. A golden sunburst arch frames the shrine, with a teal drape behind the figures. The boy is performing an aarti-style offering in a temple setting.

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MAy 27 20212021-05-27December 11 20182018-12-11December 28 20082008-12-28Inside a gilded temple shrine, a large pair of deity murti stand together with a red-orange backdrop: the figure on the left has four arms, red face and a crown and holds a trident, while the figure on the right wears a tall crown and a chain of beads. Both wear garlands of red and yellow flowers and white dhotis with coloured borders. In front, a seated kalasha-like brass vessel and a small smaller murti are decorated with garlands. A young boy in an orange robe and rudraksha mala kneels at a brass plate of offerings, with oil lamps and bananas nearby, performing puja. A second, smaller shrine on the right holds a seated murti in a blue niche with a garland. No a person candidate is visible.2013-07-05A night-time photograph of a Hindu devotional scene. On the left, a young male priest with a dark turban and a bare chest, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and a beaded necklace and armbands, holds a small brass vessel and gestures toward a flame. Beside him a lit oil lamp burns on a stand. On the right stands a large dark stone deity murti with a tall crown and many arms, adorned with a gold necklace and layered white jasmine and red rose garlands. Green palm fronds frame the foreground and a red-painted wall with a window is behind.2016-09-15Temple aarti before a black stone deity murti dressed in a deep red cloth, adorned with a yellow flower garland, gold ornaments, a rudraksha mala and a gold necklace. A priest in orange robes stands at right, bare-chested with a long beard and hair coiled on his head, holding a multi-tier brass lamp with burning flames toward the murti. Ornate gold-leaf walls and gold lamp stands with lit wicks frame the scene. Offerings of white flowers sit at the base of the altar.2021-05-27January 11 20172017-01-11A photograph of a temple-style puja before a richly decorated deity murti set in a tall arched backdrop covered with gold and white jeweled embellishment. A young man with long dreadlocked hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti, stands at left holding a brass oil lamp with several flames toward the murti. He wears rudraksha malas on his neck and wrists and has sacred ash marks on his chest. The murti is adorned with white flower garlands and gold jewellery, with a colourful fan-shaped headpiece behind it. A gold pedestal below is draped with white and yellow cloth. A partially visible brass figure sits at the lower left. The scene reads as aarti during a ceremony. Only one physical person is visible.2017-08-19A standing man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, bare-chested with rudraksha malas across his chest and a brown beaded necklace, performs aarti with a multi-flame brass lamp held in his right hand and a handbell in his left. He has a full dark beard, a topknot with a white forehead marking, and faces a large black stone deity murti decorated with a yellow marigold garland, gold jewelry, rudraksha beads and a red-and-gold cloth. Behind them a gilded golden wall with lattice panels and ornate carvings frames the shrine. Brass oil lamps stand in the foreground. Swamiji (probable) appears as the lamp-performing figure, identified only by the appearance cues of long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and saffron clothing.2021-05-27Photograph inside a temple shrine. A person with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti-style garment, a ceremonial gold necklace and gold bracelets, stands at left holding and adjusting an orange thread or mala near a large black stone deity murti seated on a pedestal. The deity has multiple arms and a tall crown-like headdress, decorated with small red and gold adornments. The murti sits within an ornate gilded arched niche against dark maroon tiled walls.2006-09-29 +1 copiesA temple shrine with a dark stone deity murti of Shiva-like form adorned with a yellow marigold garland, rudraksha-style beads and gold ornaments, flanked by an attendant statue in saffron cloth on the left. A man in saffron-orange robes with a dark turban-like head covering, rudraksha mala, bead necklaces and white tilak on his forehead raises his right arm toward the deity while holding a silver tray with lit oil lamps. Golden ornate arches, gold lamp stands with oil lamps and a gold kalasha-style pedestal fill the scene, with flowers at the base.2021-05-27June 17 20172017-06-17