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Close photograph of a temple shrine with a gilded ornate canopy above a small golden deity figure. A brass oil lamp with a bright flame sits at left beside a golden Nataraja dancing Shiva figure within a flame arch. Heaps of white jasmine and pink flowers and petals lie in front. Only hands are visible at right, one adjusting the flowers near the shrine, with no full person in view.

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May 11 20122012-05-11May 11 20122012-05-11Close photo of a temple shrine decorated with pink and red flowers, white jasmine garlands and green leaves. Two arms and hands of a priest, one wearing a gold bangle and a ring, are placing or adjusting flowers around a gold Nataraja dancing Shiva figure and a gold ornate canopy or palanquin-like shrine piece. Silver cups stand in a row below in front of the offering platform. The hands are the only visible people; no face is shown, so no one is identified.2012-05-11May 11 20122012-05-11May 11 20122012-05-11Close photo of a gilded palanquin or shrine canopy, its golden arches and pillars wrapped in pink and red flower garlands. Heaped white jasmine and pink flowers fill the central seat, with a single red rose on the white blossoms. A brass oil lamp with a bright flame burns in the left foreground, and gold ornamental details surround the frame. No people are visible.2012-06-05 +1 copiesClose photo of a person's forearm and hand, wearing a thick gold bangle and a ring, reaching toward an ornate gold-plated stand with a tiered finial and lamp-like fixture. Behind it are white jasmine-style flowers, red flowers and a small copper-coloured vessel with an orange cloth. Only the arm and hand are visible; no face or full body appears in frame.2012-05-11A photo of a decorated deity shrine in a temple. A golden canopy arch with a gilded top and small finials frames a deity murti, mostly hidden behind thick garlands of white jasmine and red flowers, with green leaves woven in. Silver-toned pillars flank the shrine. Hands in the foreground, one with gold bangles, reach toward the garlanded shrine. No people are fully visible in the frame.2012-05-10Close-up photograph of a puja at a gold-decorated shrine. A person's bare forearm and hand, wearing a gold bangle, pours or offers from a metal vessel near a tray of pink and yellow flower petals and white blossoms. Ornate gold pillars, a gold canopy and a gold-rimmed altar frame the scene, with a deity murti partly visible in the background behind the flowers. A steel bowl sits at the lower edge. a person not clearly visible; only an arm is shown.2012-05-14 +1 copiesClose view of an ornate gold palanquin or throne frame heaped with white jasmine garlands and pink rose petals. An elderly person's wrinkled hand wearing a gold bangle reaches among the flowers, with green leaves scattered on top. A brass figure or lamp stand is partly visible at the right edge, and an orange-clad arm appears at the left.2012-06-05 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesClose photograph of a ritual aarti in progress. Two hands, one wearing a gold wristwatch and colourful threaded bracelets, hold a brass tray that supports a multi-wick brass oil lamp with four flames, smoke rising from them. Behind the lamp is a golden deity murti, decorated with bright yellow marigolds and red flowers, with a red cloth draped nearby. Scattered red petals lie on the tray. Only hands and forearms are visible; no full face of a person appears.2018-03-02