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Dim temple sanctum with a black stone deity murti decorated with a white flower garland and a yellow flower at its neck, draped in a white cloth. Two priests stand before it: one in a blue dhoti-style garment with a red cloth and bare back, the other in white dhoti and white vest with hands joined in namaskar. Marigold petals lie on the floor and a small oil lamp flickers at the right. A partly visible figure stands at the left edge. Ritual worship scene.

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May 01 20152015-05-01May 01 20152015-05-01A photograph inside a temple shrine with black stone walls. A man in an orange-red turban and bare upper body, wearing a long multicolour flower garland with orange and yellow blooms and a rudraksha bracelet, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, smiling. Beside him, a man in a blue dhoti with a pink cloth at the waist holds his hands together. A third man with shaved head in orange-brown cloth stands at the left edge. Before them is a black stone deity murti wearing a white cloth, a white and yellow flower garland and a small orange-yellow flower, with a raised weapon in one hand. Another hand is visible at the right edge.2015-05-01May 01 20152015-05-01A photograph of a priest performing aarti before a dark stone deity murti in a shrine. The central priest wears an orange turban, a bare upper body with rudraksha-style beaded bands on the upper arm, and a garland of orange and white flowers over his shoulder. He holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp toward the murti, which wears a white and yellow flower garland and a white cloth. Two other men stand at the sides: one in a white dhoti and sleeveless white vest on the right, and another in a saffron-coloured cloth at the right edge. The left edge shows a person in blue cloth. The background is dark.2015-05-01May 01 20152015-05-01May 01 20152015-05-01March 05 20182018-03-05Photograph of two devotees in rudraksha mala garlands standing before a dark stone or metal murti draped in a white cloth, with a white flower garland and a small yellow flower at the neck. A lit oil lamp flame sits above the figure. The man in front, seen in profile from behind, wears a rudraksha headband and a white vibhuti line on his forehead, with an earring and a reddish-orange cloth. Behind him an older man, bald and bare-chested, wears a rudraksha headband and a long bone-and-rudraksha mala and gazes at the figure. Edges of other people appear at the right. The wall is pale yellow with a red vertical stripe. Deity murti, darshan, puja setting.2012-05-18A photograph inside a stone temple shrine showing several black stone lingams or deity forms, each draped with white, red, green or blue cloth and garlanded with flowers. A bare-chested priest with a rudraksha mala and sacred thread bends forward over the central stone form. Beside him a man in a saffron-orange cloth with a gold necklace presses his palms together in prayer. Behind them a man in white ritual clothing with a forehead mark and orange shawl stands with hands folded, and other devotees in white and orange stand in the background. Small oil lamps and scattered petals sit on the stone floor and a plastic bag rests near the base. Printed signs are visible on the wall behind.2012-09-12A photograph of a small shrine doorway where a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a yellow and green border leans forward to offer flowers at a dark stone linga draped with a white cloth and a yellow-flowered garland. A brass-rimmed round mirror hangs on the wall above, and a small oil lamp burns to the right. A second priest in a white dhoti with a red-and-green border stands at the right of the doorway, and a person in orange robes is partly visible at the left edge. The shrine is enclosed by red metal lattice gates.2012-05-18A dimly lit temple interior with yellow and orange marigold garlands strung across the ceiling and a bright light overhead. In the centre, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange dhoti and a yellow-orange garland, with gold bangles on his arm, and holds his hands together near his chest. Beside him, a bare-chested priest in an orange-brown cloth faces the shrine, and a white-clad man stands to the left with a shawl over his shoulder. A large brass oil lamp with several lit wicks stands on the right beside a dark stone deity murti. Several other men in white shirts and dhotis stand in the background.2012-01-07