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A bald man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands at a white stone shrine, resting one hand on a large silver bowl heaped with yellow flowers and rose petals. Behind it sits a silver deity murti with a tall crown, draped in white and pink garlands. Gold bangles, a gold necklace and a rudraksha mala adorn him, and a sandalwood-coloured tilak marks his forehead. The setting is a stone-walled temple altar with a small lamp and scattered flowers on the platform.

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A photograph inside a temple shrine. A bare-chested priest with a shaved head, a gold-banded headpiece, a long gold-beaded rudraksha necklace and an orange cloth wrap holds a flaming lamp in front of a silver deity murti of Ganesha with a crown-like silver headdress and a garland of white flowers. A silver bowl of yellow-green offerings and scattered red and pink petals sit on the marble altar ledge. Marble walls and a wooden cabinet are behind him, with a barred window at left.2012-06-02A photograph inside a stone-walled shrine of an elderly shaved-headed priest in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a rudraksha mala and a red-and-white beaded headband. He holds a steel plate of flower petals in one hand and offers them with the other at a white marble altar. A large silver bowl of yellow flowers and white garlands drapes a deity murti or linga-shaped form in the back right. Electronic audio equipment sits on a wall shelf at left. One person is partly visible at the far left edge.2012-06-02Photo 11731568 +1 copiesMay 09 20122012-05-09 +1 copiesA photograph of a bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti and a maroon-and-gold beaded headband, with a gold necklace across his shoulders, standing before a wooden shrine cabinet in a marble-walled room. He holds a round steel tray of pink flower petals and places them near the shrine. A white-clad person is partially visible at the lower right edge.2012-05-09 +1 copiesJune 02 20122012-06-02A photograph inside a temple shrine shows a bald, bare-chested man kneeling and leaning forward over a stone altar, pouring liquid from a small metal cup while a standing attendant in white garments with a gold border holds a bangled wrist near the altar. He wears a rudraksha headband, a long rudraksha and gold bead mala, a gold ornament on his shoulder, white sacred ash markings on his forehead and body, and a red-orange dhoti. Behind him stand a golden deity murti or shrine with garlands, pink flowers, and brass vessels, with lit lamps glowing at the right edge. Shells and flower petals rest on the altar.2012-05-10A photograph of a shaved-headed elderly priest in an orange dhoti with gold border, bare-chested, wearing a rudraksha-style bead headband, a long bead mala, gold bangles and a gold earring, with white sacred ash marks on his forehead and arms. He stands at a silver-pillared shrine decorated with white jasmine garlands and pink flowers, holding a small brass plate or dish toward a golden palanquin-style deity altar. A string of lamps glows along the arch above, and the shrine's silver-and-gold canopy is topped with kalasha finials. Persons are not clearly distinguishable as a person from appearance cues here, so no identification is made.2012-05-09 +1 copiesMay 10 20122012-05-10May 09 20122012-05-09Photograph inside a temple shrine with marble-patterned walls and white arches. In the foreground a man with long hair tied back, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti-style wrap, a gold ceremonial necklace and bare-shouldered adornment, stands with hands folded and gazes toward the shrine. Beside him a bald priest in an orange-saffron garment with gold border, a rudraksha mala and a gold-coloured headband holds a silver tray of green leaves and pink petals, offering them at the shrine. Strings of white and red flower garlands hang on the right. A decorated deity murti with flower garlands sits in a niche behind, and a second white-clad attendant stands at the left edge.2012-06-04May 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copies