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A photograph inside a temple shrine doorway with blue walls and ornate gold-toned carved frames. A bare-chested man in an orange-brown cloth wrapped at the waist, wearing a red and white flower garland, a pink lotus in his hair and gold armlets, reaches toward a small shrine ledge holding a folded paper packet and a brass oil lamp. Beside him stand two men with long hair knotted high, one with a beard in a saffron cloth and rudraksha beads, and another in an orange wrap. To the right, an older bare-chested man in a white dhoti wears a rudraksha mala. Inside the shrine, a lit oil lamp, a brass kalasha-like vessel and a small bell are visible. A metal bucket sits on the ledge. Several people stand in the background.

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Photo inside a temple doorway with blue walls and ornately carved bronze frame. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a grey border stands in the doorway, holding his hands together in front of his chest, wearing a rudraksha mala and a thin sacred thread. To the left, a shirtless priest in a rust-red cloth and a red and white flower garland, with a flower-decorated headpiece, holds green leaf plates. Another seated attendant in white dhoti is partly visible. A brass bell hangs at the upper right. Three people are visible.2018-05-08Photograph inside a temple entrance at Chottanikkara in Kerala. A man in a deep maroon robe stands centre frame, wearing a crown-like headdress of pink lotus flowers, layered gold and red-white garlands, a large gold pendant and an armband. A bare-chested man on the right wears a white dhoti and a rudraksha-style necklace, and a figure in orange-saffron robes with a red headband and beaded garlands stands at left. A bald priest in white stands at left edge beside a tray of offerings with a coconut, and a grey stone pillar and hanging bell frame the scene.2018-05-08Photograph of a crowded temple interior where worshippers stand in rows with their backs to the camera, facing a lit shrine. Foreground devotees include a bare-shouldered man with a shaved head and a woman with a tall topknot and gold earrings wearing orange-red cloth. A woman in the centre has hair braided with a pink flower garland and wears a red garment. Several oil lamps glow on the dark shrine ahead, and a steel offering tray sits in the lower foreground. Blue walls and a wooden eave frame the scene. No clearly identifiable a person is visible among the people shown.2018-05-08A temple puja in progress before a golden shrine niche with a small deity murti decorated with pink flowers and a gold kalasha-style ornament. An elderly man with a shaved head and white sandalwood markings on his arms and chest, wearing a rudraksha mala headband and rudraksha necklaces and bracelets, a gold necklace, and an orange-red dhoti with gold border, holds a small brass bell and performs the ritual, while a bare-chested attendant in a white dhoti stands at right holding a silver lamp stand, and a second orange-clad attendant with rudraksha bands on his arms stands at left. Lit oil lamps line the shrine arch. Appearance-based identity is not reliable enough here, so the elderly priest is described by role only.2012-05-13Crowded interior of a dimly lit South Indian temple during a visit. Several devotees in saffron and orange robes stand along a metal barrier, one holding a folded white cloth. In the centre, a man with a pink garland and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, a headband with beads and a vibhuti-marked forehead, presses his palms together in anjali. Nearby, a bare-chested man with a grey-streaked topknot bows toward a shrine grille; a shirtless man in the foreground touches his forehead with his hand. Lit oil lamps glow behind the golden-framed doorway, and other people raise phones to photograph the scene. Golden panels and a dark stone pillar frame the shrine area.2012-05-16 +1 copiesA photograph inside a small temple shrine with a warm golden-lit arched niche framed in white. A bare-chested priest in an orange-red cloth wrapped around the lower body, with a gold-bordered sash, stands at a wooden altar, facing the shrine. Another man in orange cloth with a rudraksha-style neck mala stands at left with palms pressed together in namaste. On the right, two men in white dhoti-style garments with gold borders stand, one holding a brass vessel. The altar holds a golden shrine canopy, silver lamp stands, a large pink flower garland, and a small green leaf offering, with petals scattered on the floor. Two men are present at the altar and two more on the right, all in ritual dress.2012-05-08A photograph inside a temple shrine of a bare-chested priest in an orange-and-gold-bordered dhoti and a braided gold-and-bead headband, holding a ritual implement over a gilded shrine with a flame and flower offerings. Beside him stands a younger man in an orange cloth with a gold-bordered wrap, hands pressed together in namaskar, wearing a beaded headband and rudraksha-style mala. A man in white dhoti and shawl stands at the right edge holding a brass vessel. Brass bowls sit at the base of the shrine, and a lit oil lamp burns among pink and yellow flowers beneath a white garland. Ornate gold-trimmed arches and a lit string of lights frame the shrine. The bare-chested priest has distinctive adornments but his face is not visible, so the identity is uncertain.2012-05-09A 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.2012-05-18A temple courtyard in Kerala with a tiled roof and wooden pillars. In the centre, a man with long dark hair crowned with pink lotus flowers and wearing a red-pink garland and rust-red dhoti stands with an arm raised, holding an object toward a tall brass multi-tiered oil lamp on a stand. To the right, men in white dhotis and orange-gold garments stand in attendance, one with a gold-and-red shawl and a bearded face, and a woman in a blue sari stands behind. In the left foreground, a bare-backed man with an orange cloth and beaded necklace looks toward the lamp. A stainless-steel vessel and black wrought-iron fencing with marigold garlands sit nearby, and a small signboard reads in Malayalam script.2018-05-08Two men in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stand in a stone-walled shrine with a marble arch lit by warm bulbs. The man on the left wears a gold necklace, a beaded headband and a gold-bordered orange shawl, holding a silver bowl and watching the other figure. The figure in the centre is bare-chested with a gold-bordered orange cloth and a beaded headband, bending to offer white flowers at a gold altar decorated with pink and white garlands. Four silver vessels sit on the stone ledge in front, with a silver pot held by a white-clad attendant at the right edge. Oil lamps glow along the arch.2012-06-05A dimly lit stone temple interior with carved stone walls. A shirtless priest in a white dhoti with a yellow border holds a brass tray with a lit oil lamp and offerings while bowing toward a dark shrine niche. A woman with hair pulled back and beaded necklaces, wearing a blue garment, stands with hands folded beside him. On the right, a bald elderly man with a rudraksha bead necklace wears a white flower garland and a red garland and gold earrings, his hands held together in prayer. Another woman with beaded jewellery stands at left. A small black deity murti sits in the niche.2012-05-18May 12 20122012-05-12