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Photograph of a temple puja at an indoor hall with plain white walls. A figure in a flowing saffron-orange garment, with long dark hair and white markings on the arm, holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward large deity murtis of Hanuman, with a red and pink face, gold crown and the hands raised with a green mace, decorated with garlands of white, red, yellow and green flowers. A second figure in orange robes stands behind holding a brass bell and a silver vessel on a tray. A person in white ritual clothing films on the left, and seated devotees with folded hands are at the lower left. a person: the central figure has long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and gold necklace, with the role of performing aarti before the deity. Total visible people: about five.

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A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes with white ash markings on the arms, holding a lit lamp or aarti flame toward a large hanuman murti. The murti has a red, white and green garland, a golden crown and a green mountain-shaped object held aloft in one hand. Beside him a younger attendant in orange robes holds a lamp, and at left an older shaven-headed man in orange sits with hands folded in anjali. Smoke rises from the flame against a plain white block wall, with a white-draped table and a second deity figure with an ornate crown at right.2007-11-09November 09 20072007-11-09A ritual consecration at a temple: a man with long, dark, swept-back hair, bare-chested and wearing a saffron-orange cloth, raises his right hand toward a hanuman deity murti with a red face, gold crown, and a raised green-tipped mace. The murti is draped in garlands of white, red, yellow and green flowers with a green cloth at its base. Beside him a second person in orange holds a silver puja vessel and tray, and a seated devotee with folded hands is at lower left. A second large murti in orange and gold with a jewelled crown stands at right. White ash marks appear on the raised arm. A photographer is partly visible at left. a person appears as the man in saffron with long hair, performing the ritual.2007-11-09Night ritual on a stone-pillared temple porch. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with long dark hair, faces right and waves a flaming lamp and holds a brass bell over a shrine. Before him sits a large deity murti pair with ornate gold crowns, garlanded with yellow and red flower garlands, one figure seated on a red-clothed pedestal. A brass oil lamp stands nearby, with a silver kalasha and offerings in front, and string lights glow behind. Attendants in white stand at the edges. Aarti being performed.2007-02-16May 21 20062006-05-21May 27 20132013-05-27 +1 copiesA photograph at night of a temple shrine where a man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with long dark hair and bare chest, holds a lit camphor flame on a metal plate toward a deity murti. Two stone-grey murtis of a couple stand behind a pedestal heaped with garlands of yellow, white, red and pink flowers, with gold crowns and jewelled ornaments. A trident-like staff and brass oil lamps stand beside the shrine, with fruit offerings in front. The setting is an open granite pavilion with carved pillars and dark trees behind, consistent with an aarti during a Shivaratri puja. The man's identity is not established by appearance.2007-02-16May 27 20132013-05-27A man in a flowing saffron-orange robe holds a lit flame or oil lamp toward a large garlanded deity murti in a temple room. He has long, dark, swept-back hair and white markings on his arms, and holds a small hand bell in his other hand. Behind him stands a second person in orange, and a seated man in orange with a bead necklace sits at the left edge. The deity wears a crown and is decorated with thick garlands in green, yellow, red and white. A gold peetha/throne with a red velvet seat and a decorative white-fringed umbrella stand nearby, along with a framed portrait on the altar. The setting is a puja/aarti during a temple worship, with a wall of gold-toned cabinet doors at left.2007-11-09A photograph of a ritual at an outdoor pavilion draped with orange cloth. In the foreground a man with long dark hair and an orange garment holds a silver lamp with a handle, swinging it toward two figures. Behind him, two life-size statues in orange robes with garlands of white, yellow, purple and green flowers stand on a raised platform; one statue wears an orange turban and the other a dark crown, and both hold ceremonial objects. Smoke or incense rises between them. A second man with a beard, partly visible at the left edge, wears orange. The scene looks like an aarti or abhishekam performed before murtis. +1 copiesNovember 09 20072007-11-09November 09 20072007-11-09