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A photograph inside a stone-walled temple shrine showing several robed attendants in deep red and maroon garments with gold-striped borders and orange turbans, one woman in a dark red sari with a long dark braid standing at centre. They hold small striped red-and-white cloth bundles or trays and appear to be presenting offerings near a carved granite deity murti decorated with yellow and orange flowers. Red velvet drapery hangs at right. In the foreground, the shaved heads and shoulders of several seated devotees are visible, and a lit oil lamp stands on a brass stand at left beside a canopy of coloured cloth.

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January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13Photograph of a temple ritual in an open-sided stone shrine hall. In the foreground a bald man's head is seen from behind among seated devotees, one wearing a yellow and orange patterned headcloth. Standing priests in red-maroon and striped orange dhotis and shawls attend a black stone deity murti decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands, with a lamp and brass vessels on a small table nearby. A red draped cloth hangs on the right and a red-and-yellow garland hangs on a pillar behind. Another priest in red stoops toward the shrine as an oil lamp burns. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13A temple ritual inside a granite-pillared shrine hall. A woman in a rust-red sari with gold border stands at centre, holding a lit lamp toward a deity murti draped in a garland of red, yellow and green flowers. Behind her, men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls hold brass vessels and kalasha-like pots, one wearing an orange turban. Two younger men in white stand with rudraksha malas. Devotees' heads are visible in the lower foreground, and a brass lamp and offering plates sit on the floor. Carved stone figures and yellow flowers decorate the pillar at right. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13A photograph of a temple ritual seen from behind a crowd of devotees. In the foreground, a bald man in white and a man with dark hair press their palms together in prayer. Beyond them, several priests in maroon and red dhoti-style cloth with gold borders stand at a raised shrine area, one holding a flame and lamp near an ornate red-curtained stone doorway. A small deity murti sits in a stone niche decorated with yellow and orange flowers. Smoke rises beside the priests, and a kalasha and brass lamp stand on the altar. The scene suggests aarti or puja at a temple.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13