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A photograph of a temple shrine with two decorated deity murtis seated on a red-draped platform, garlanded with white, yellow and red flower strands. A standing priest in orange sacred cloth with a leopard-print shawl, bare upper body with white markings, and a tiger-striped waist cloth lights an oil lamp before the shrine. Brass bowls of offerings are arranged on the floor in front of the platform. A gilded lion sculpture and a silver peacock figure stand nearby. A framed portrait on the left shows a man with a moustache, labelled as a portrait, not an identified physical person. The scene appears to be a puja with aarti.

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January 08 20192019-01-08January 08 20192019-01-08A photograph inside a gold-decorated shrine room. A bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair and an orange sash waves a lamp or incense before two deity murtis, each draped in garlands of yellow, orange and white flowers. The murti on the left holds a flame-lit lamp and a red-and-gold crown. The seated murti on the right wears a red and leopard-print garment with a turban and gold ornaments. Brass bowls with offerings stand on the floor in front, beside a silver peacock figurine. A framed portrait is visible on the upper left wall.2019-01-08A standing man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a tiger-striped tunic, rudraksha beads and a silver necklace, holds a lit flame on a brass lamp during an aarti. His forehead and arms bear white sacred ash marks, and his long hair is tied up. Behind him, two adorned deity murti are dressed in flower garlands with yellow, white and red strands; the one on the right wears a leopard-print garment. Rows of small brass bowls with offerings sit on the floor, and gold-painted pillars frame the stage. A wooden peetha sits beside them.2019-01-08January 08 20192019-01-08January 08 20192019-01-08January 06 20192019-01-06November 26 20172017-11-26November 27 20172017-11-27A photograph of a temple puja before a deity murti wearing an ornate jeweled crown and an orange garment with a yellow and red floral garland. A man with long dark hair, a white and red garland of flowers, orange clothing, gold bangles and a rudraksha-style beaded necklace holds a lit oil lamp, an aarti or deepa, toward the figure. Behind the murti are colourful floral garlands in purple, pink, yellow and red, and gold ornaments are visible. The man is wearing a pale forehead marking and smiling.2011-12-11May 24 20162016-05-24May 07 20172017-05-07