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Photograph inside a narrow stone temple doorway with green-painted walls and gilded frame. Within the shrine, a bare-chested older man in white dhoti bends forward, placing his hand on a black lingam decorated with white and orange flower garlands and a rudraksha-style mala. Gold-painted arched backdrop and gold base surround the lingam. Two younger men in white dhotis stand at left and in the background, and a woman in a white and red-bordered dhoti stands at right, partly blocking a camera lens. A brass pot and offering plate with fruit and coconut sit on the floor.

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Inside a dim stone shrine, a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a yellow-and-red patterned waist cloth stands with his back to the camera, reaching toward a deity murti or altar niche framed by blue-painted pillars. A brass-covered platform holds garlanded offerings and a green-and-white cloth. On the left, a man with a shaved head wears a red garment and a white bead mala and bangles. Another attendant is partly visible on the right. A brass oil lamp sits at the lower right of the altar.2012-05-18Photo 11728727 +2 copiesMay 21 20122012-05-21A 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.2012-05-18Photograph inside a temple shrine niche with a carved white arch and warm lighting. An older bare-chested priest in an orange-and-gold-bordered dhoti, with a rudraksha-style headband and white vibhuti marks, stands at a silver lamp-stand altar, reaching toward offerings. A younger attendant in orange cloth and a white-clad priest on the right tend the shrine. Before the altar stand a gold-framed deity murti, silver kalasha-style vessels, a silver oil lamp, flowers and fruit, with petals scattered on the floor.2012-05-14Priests perform worship before a dark stone deity murti in a golden arched shrine with a yellow backdrop, draped in a white jasmine garland and topped with pink flowers. A standing man on the left wears an orange-red dhoti and a golden-banded cloth, a rudraksha bracelet on his upper arm, and a beaded headpiece with a gold necklace. A bald priest in white bends forward on the left, a second priest in white and orange kneels at the altar offering flowers, and a priest on the right holds a lamp and incense. Brass oil lamps burn, a steel bowl of pink petals and a plate of bananas sit on a brass stand, and smoke rises from the incense.2012-05-13 +1 copiesPhotograph inside a marble-walled shrine where a shirtless priest in orange dhoti and rudraksha bracelets holds a lit camphor aarti plate toward a dark stone deity murti draped in white and pink garlands. Behind him stands a second man in orange cloth with a gold necklace, and at right a bald man in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders, wearing glasses, watches and holds a small item in his hands. Oil lamps burn on the ledge beside a gold-framed arch, with a warm glow from overhead light. Three people are visible, and their roles are priest, attendants and devotee; no candidate is identified as a person.2012-05-13A dimly lit inner shrine viewed through a doorway. A bare-backed priest in a white dhoti with a yellow-and-green patterned waistband stands before a brass-fronted altar, facing an deity murti draped in cloth. A brass oil lamp burns at the right edge. On the left, two men in saffron-orange shawls wear rudraksha and bead malas, one with a beaded headband, watching the worship. A partially visible figure in saffron stands at the right, and the walls are yellow ochre. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2012-05-18May 13 20122012-05-13May 13 20122012-05-13 +1 copiesA temple shrine viewed through a doorway. A shaven-headed priest in an orange-red silk dhoti with gold borders, wearing a headband and beaded necklace and bare-chested, stands at a silver-and-gold altar holding a ritual implement toward a deity murti in a glowing arched niche. Behind him a woman in a similar red sari with gold necklaces stands by. A man in white dhoti and shawl on the right tends the altar. Flowers, brass lamps and an ornate gilded shrine surround the murti.2012-05-11May 13 20122012-05-13 +2 copies