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Temple-style puja scene before an ornate golden shrine with a green draped backdrop and a tiered altar. Two shirtless priests in white dhotis, one with a yellow shawl and green head-wrap, one wearing a beaded mala, stand at the altar. The central shrine holds a shivalinga-like murti draped in red cloth with flowers, flanked by lion figures and a coiled cobra base. A brass oil lamp burns at the right, and a sacred fire pit with a small flame, rice and flowers sits in the foreground. No one visible is identified as a person.

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September 17 20152015-09-17A photograph of a temple shrine during worship. In the foreground a bare-backed priest wearing a green head wrap, white dhoti with gold border and a yellow shawl over his left shoulder performs aarti, holding a lit oil lamp toward a decorated shrine. The shrine is covered in red and green cloth, flowers, gold ornaments and a kalasha-like vessel. Beside it sit a small carved figure of a seated sage, a painted lion and a carved multi-headed cobra. At left, a jewelled deity murti stands.2015-09-17 +1 copiesJuly 04 20162016-07-04Photograph inside a temple shrine with a gilded arched frame, green cloth backdrop and a decorated altar holding a silver-framed object, a lit oil lamp and a shiva lingam-like object wrapped in garlands. Two standing priests in saffron and orange robes face the altar from behind; the foreground figure wears an orange head cloth, gold-edged saffron dress, beaded necklaces and bangles, while the other wears a saffron shawl, orange wrap and bracelets, one arm raised toward the altar. Along the lower altar sit lion and cobra carvings flanking lit brass lamps, and devotees' heads are visible at the bottom edge.2015-09-18Photograph of a ritual at an ornate silver-and-gold shrine with a green cloth backdrop, garlanded deity murti and a seated figure on a golden throne draped in marigold and rose garlands. In the foreground a bare-chested man in white dhoti and blue waist cloth holds a ceremonial object toward a fire pit with burning flames and marigold-decorated offerings. At right a man in a gold-bordered saffron-and-green shawl and white dhoti stands with hands folded, and a brass lamp stand with a long kalasha-like finial is nearby. Other white-clad priests stand with garlands.2015-10-18July 17 20152015-07-17A photograph of a temple-style ritual in progress, with white smoke drifting through the scene. On a raised platform in the centre, a standing figure in a yellow dhoti and bare upper body, adorned with yellow and red flower garlands, stands near a central deity murti in a gold crown and white-and-gold garments. Beside him, a priest in white dhoti and yellow shawl with a bare upper body attends the altar, and another man in white dhoti and yellow shawl stands at right. Two ornate golden thrones are decorated with yellow and red garlands and gold necklaces, with deity figures seated upon them. In the foreground, a decorated ritual vessel and brass oil lamps sit on a platter near a basket of offerings, and a microphone is visible at right. Striped rugs cover the floor.2015-07-13A temple-style ritual hall with a homa fire pit in the foreground, its square white-edged ash bed holding a small burning flame and offerings. A man in a white dhoti with a yellow shawl stands at left holding a long pole topped with a red and yellow flag near an ornate multi-tiered golden shrine with a kalasha-like structure and a deity murti. Another priest in white with a gold border bends over the fire, a second attendant in white stands at right filming with a camera, and two seated men in white with rudraksha-like beaded necklaces sit at the right with a microphone. Gold framed deity images and standing statues sit in the background with stacked chairs and equipment, and a golden-framed picture hangs on the wall. Several people are visible, all in traditional white ritual dress.2015-09-17 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa (fire ritual) in a temple hall. Smoke rises from a fire pit lined with marigold garlands and coloured rangoli-style borders in the foreground. Behind, a deity murti is seated on an ornate silver throne with a green backdrop, dressed with yellow marigold garlands and a crown. On the right, a man in an orange and yellow dhoti, bare-chested with a red rudraksha-style mala, holds a large silver aarti tray with burning lamps. Beside him, a younger man in a white dhoti holds a tray of offerings. A seated man in white clothes speaks into a microphone while stirring the fire pit with a ladle-like implement.2015-07-16Photo of a homa ritual at an outdoor tent-style venue. In the foreground a fire pit with blue-draped top and flames burns below a tall, ornately decorated kalasha-like structure garlanded with yellow and red flowers and topped with a golden canopy. Two priests in white dhotis with orange-gold shawls stand at left, one holding an oil lamp and one in a patterned sash. At right two men in white dhotis and orange-gold shawls speak into microphones. A golden peetha-style frame and a deity murti draped in flower garlands stand behind them, with a golden ornamental arch above.2015-07-17July 04 20162016-07-04 +1 copies