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A photograph inside a temple shrine. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in saffron-orange robes, with a rudraksha mala and wrist beads, faces away from the camera and raises a tiered silver aarti lamp with multiple lit wicks. Two large painted guardian figures with multiple arms and gold crowns and necklaces flank the doorway. Behind, a gilded deity murti sits on a golden throne, with a second figure in red and orange garments seated nearby, and a few small lamps glow. Another person in white clothing is partly visible at the lower right.

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October 06 20142014-10-06April 10 20142014-04-10A temple interior with a bald priest seen from behind, wearing an orange-brown cloth draped over his bare upper body and a rudraksha mala around his neck and arm. He holds a tiered silver aarti lamp with lit flames toward a shrine. Behind him, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" sits within an ornate gold frame, showing a figure in orange clothing and a saffron head covering. Two painted deity murti figures with multiple arms stand flanking the shrine, and brass lamps line the red-carpeted floor. A woman in orange clothes stands at the left edge, with other devotees in saffron behind the priest near the shrine.2014-04-22April 10 20142014-04-10October 06 20142014-10-06Photograph inside a temple hall with two tall painted guardian figures in red and green garments, gold necklaces and crowns flanking an ornate gold throne. A seated figure in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha-style garland sits on the throne, a gold cushion behind him. In the foreground a shaven-headed priest in an orange-saffron robe holds up a multi-tiered lamp of burning oil lamps toward the throne during an aarti. A figure in white sits on the floor to the right beside a small offering, and a woman in a red garment is visible at the left edge.2014-10-06Temple interior with a bare-chested priest in the foreground holding a silver multi-tiered aarti lamp with several lit flames, facing a shrine doorway. Two stone-coloured guardian figures in red and green dhoti-style garments stand on either side of the doorway. Another shaved-headed priest in an orange cloth sits at left with a white tilak, and a few more seated figures in orange and red garments are visible in the background near a golden deity murti and throne. Brass lamp stands line the red carpeted floor. Aarti ritual in progress.2014-02-11July 16 20132013-07-16A photograph of an interior temple sanctum. In the foreground, a bald man with a shaved head and a long rudraksha-style bead strand wears a reddish-brown ochre cloth and holds a tall multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit oil flames, facing the shrine. Two large painted standing deity murti flank the doorway, each with a tall crown, multiple arms, gold ornaments and an orange and green dhoti. Behind them a gold ornate throne is visible with a framed portrait placed on it, and a few seated devotees in orange robes sit inside the room. Ornate brass oil lamps stand along the walls, and a red patterned rug covers the floor.2013-08-03A photo of a shaved-headed priest in an orange-brown dhoti-style garment seen from behind, holding a multi-tiered silver aarti lamp lit with flames toward a shrine. The shrine is decorated with painted pillars in pink, green and gold, with two standing deity murtis flanking a framed portrait of a smiling man in orange cloth set within a golden canopy. Brass oil lamps stand on a red carpeted floor. The priest appears to be performing aarti.2014-04-22April 04 20142014-04-04July 16 20132013-07-16