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A priest in a reddish-maroon garment with a bare upper body stands before an ornate silver-framed shrine housing a silver deity murti, its face framed by a large circular garland of orange and yellow marigolds with white flowers. The priest touches his forehead with his right hand, bearing a white vibhuti line, and holds a silver tray and a silver trident. Dark rudraksha beads and gold necklaces hang at his chest, and gold bangles are on his wrists. A brass oil lamp with a lit flame sits in the foreground beside a metal railing, and a purple cloth drapes the shrine base.

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May 19 20142014-05-19May 19 20142014-05-19May 19 20142014-05-19A photograph inside a temple shrine in Varanasi showing a silver-framed deity murti, its face partly visible, covered in a large garland of yellow marigolds and white flowers in front of a purple cloth backdrop. In the foreground at right, a person in a rust-red garment with a gold necklace and rudraksha-style beads, hair tied up with a red flower, holds a silver ritual implement, standing near a brass oil lamp with a lit flame on the left. A man in a light blue shirt stands behind the railing in the background, with a few other devotees visible.2014-05-19A photo inside a temple shrine where a silver-framed deity murti with a face is adorned with a large circular garland of yellow and orange marigolds and white flowers, set before a purple cloth backdrop. A man in a red ochre robe with a rudraksha mala and gold necklace, his arm extended toward the murti, stands beside the shrine. Other devotees, including a man in a white shirt and a person in an orange cloth, stand nearby. A brass lamp with a lit flame and a silver plate of offerings sit on the metal railing in the foreground. a person cues include the red robe, black rudraksha mala, gold necklace and gold earrings, but the face is not clear enough to confirm identity.2014-05-19Inside a temple shrine, a silver-framed niche holds a silver deity murti of a face with a red tongue, heavily garlanded with marigolds in yellow and orange, white flowers, and green leaves, set before a purple cloth with gold border. In the foreground at right, a woman in an orange-red sari with a gold necklace and gold earrings, a tilak on her forehead and red flowers in her hair, bows over a silver tray. A brass oil lamp with a visible flame sits at left, and a man in a light blue shirt and a woman with folded hands stand behind the shrine. No readable name is shown.2014-05-19Photograph inside a temple shrine where a silver-framed deity murti, heavily garlanded with marigolds and white flowers, is set in a niche before a purple cloth. A man with long hair, a red-and-white tilak and a dark red garment with a rudraksha mala stands at right, smiling and holding a steel vessel, while a bald man in orange-saffron robes with yellow tilak stands beside him holding a metal trident. A brass oil lamp with a lit wick sits at left, and other devotees are partly visible around the shrine railing.2014-05-19May 19 20142014-05-19A photograph inside a temple shrine. A silver-framed niche holds a deity murti of a face with a red mouth, decorated with a large circle of marigold and white flower garlands and green leaves, set before a purple cloth. A brass oil lamp with a lit flame sits on a metal rail in the foreground. On the right, a man in a saffron-red wrap with a rudraksha mala and gold beads, a white tilak with red bindu on his forehead, and bangles, gestures toward the shrine. Behind him a man in a light shirt and a woman in red stand near the railing. The silver ornamentation and a trident-like object appear at the right edge.2014-05-19A photograph inside a temple shrine. On the left, a deity murti with a white face is heavily garlanded with yellow and white marigold flowers and green leaves, set against a purple cloth with gold trim. In the centre, a man in a pale blue shirt stands behind a silver railing. On the right, a figure in a red-orange garment with a leopard-print lower cloth, a black rudraksha mala and gold ornaments, wearing gold bangles, touches the forehead near a streak of tilak. A silver trishul-topped ritual implement stands at the right edge. The setting is a white marble shrine with carved arches.2014-05-19A silver-framed shrine holds a silver deity murti of a face adorned with a large marigold and white flower garland, set before a purple cloth backdrop. In the foreground at right, a person seen from behind with hair in a bun, wearing a red-and-maroon robe and a gold-bead necklace, faces the shrine. Another man in a light shirt stands behind the shrine, and a brass lamp with a lit flame sits at left beside a metal railing with flowers. The scene appears to be a temple darshan moment.2014-05-19May 19 20142014-05-19