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Night photograph inside a pillared temple shrine with red curtains hung at the sides. Several men in orange-saffron shawls and white dhotis attend a metal and gold-coloured murti group at left, which includes a colourful deity figure in green and red garments. A man in orange dhoti bends forward near a dark metal vessel and ritual brass pots and trays lie on the platform. A standing man in a white kurta and dhoti with an orange shawl watches at right, while another man sits in the foreground. Oil lamps and brass items are set on the stone floor. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.

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A night-time ritual on a raised stone platform before two painted deity figures in green and red garments, one seated figure with crown and jewelry on the left. Several men in orange and saffron robes and white dhotis stand around a brass lamp and ritual vessel on a low stand, performing abhishekam or puja. A woman in orange sari stands at the right edge in the foreground. A red curtain and stone pillars frame the shrine, and a few seated devotees are visible at the far right.2008-01-03January 03 20082008-01-03January 03 20082008-01-03Night photograph at a temple-style shrine with grey stone pillars and a red curtain at left. A group of people in saffron and orange garments surround a seated figure in red and white draped clothing. A woman in white stands at center, bending forward with hands near an object, and a man in white with a rudraksha-style necklace stands behind her. Two men in saffron dhotis and shawls stand at right beside a large deity murti in pink and green sari-style garments. Wet floor reflects light; a small wooden stool with a gold-coloured object sits in front. Several people appear.2008-01-03January 03 20082008-01-03February 16 20072007-02-16January 03 20082008-01-03Night-time abhishekam at a temple shrine. Two large golden deity murtis, a seated male figure adorned with a crown, rudraksha-style beads and a saffron cloth, and a seated female figure in a pink and green silk sari with gold jewellery, sit behind a dark stone lingam-style base. A man in saffron robes with a white-marked forehead pours water from a brass vessel over the stone. Two other saffron-clad men stand alongside, a white-clothed attendant holds a brass pot at left, and a white marble seated figure with raised hand sits on the platform in front. Brass lamps and offerings are placed nearby, with a few seated devotees at the lower left.2008-01-03February 16 20072007-02-16Night abhishekam at a shrine: a man in white dhoti and shirt pours liquid over a black stone Shivalingam at the centre, while a woman in a cream sari with gold border holds a vessel at left. Behind the lingam, a painted deity murti pair with crowns and red-and-green garlands sits on a golden pedestal. Another man in white with a rudraksha mala, and a figure in orange robes, assist nearby; a bronze kalasha and brass vessels sit on the floor and marble pillars frame the hall. Flower petals scatter the wet floor.2007-02-16January 03 20082008-01-03Night-time temple abhishekam at a stone linga platform. Two men in orange sannyasi robes pour water over the linga from golden pots wrapped in woven netting; the man on the right has a bare upper body with a gold armlet and wrist bangles and a dark beard, while the man on the left in orange has a white tripundra on his forehead and bows over a copper-coloured deity murti. Red and green silk cloths, green leaves, flowers and an offering of food lie on the platform, and a copper-coloured deity stands at the right edge in red and green garments.2008-01-03