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A priest with a bare, white-striped chest and orange lower cloth stands at left, holding a brass plate with a lit flame toward two decorated murti figures seated on a striped tiger-skin covered platform. The figures are richly dressed in embellished red and blue garments with gold jewellery, backed by a gilded arch and garlands of yellow, red and green flowers. A lotus-like offering sits in the foreground. A banner at upper left shows a painted face. No living person is clearly identifiable as the a person from appearance.

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ADIKAILASA on 1/24/20222022-01-24ADIKAILASA on 1/24/20222022-01-24ADIKAILASA on 1/24/20222022-01-24ADIKAILASA on 1/24/20222022-01-24A priest in a bare-chested state, wearing a rudraksha mala, a brown wrap and a white tripundra on his forehead, holds a silver aarti plate with a burning flame toward a utsava murti. The murti is decorated in a leela alankaram: an orange and gold outfit, a crown, and a large orange halo, seated among dense garlands of yellow, red and white flowers. Ornate gold arches and hanging oil lamps frame the altar, and a small golden lamp stands in the foreground. Two or three figures appear in the scene, one of them the priest; the deity is a statue, not a person. a person cannot be confirmed from appearance in this scene.2021-12-21A photograph of a priest in a shaved-head, bare-torso ritual pose performing aarti with a flaming camphor plate before a utsava murti seated on a throne, adorned in a Leela Alankaram. The utsava murti wears an orange-gold garment, layered jewelled necklaces with pearls and red and blue stones, and a decorated crown, and sits beneath a red and gold halo. The setting is a richly decorated shrine with garlands of white, yellow and red flowers, brass oil lamps on each side, and gold-painted arches overhead. A printed caption at the bottom reads Yoga Vigyana Punarudharaka Leela Alankaram Laghu Puja, Nithyanandotsavam 2021 - Day 3. The priest's face is not visible and no identification is made; the a person field is unsure because the only candidate is a shaved-headed priest in white and his appearance does not supply sufficient cues.2021-12-21ADIKAILASA on 12/21/20212021-12-21A photograph of a ritual scene in a gold-decorated hall. On the left, a person with long dreadlocks and orange cloth, seen from behind, holds a lit oil lamp toward two figures. In the centre-left, a deity murti in a red-and-gold dress with a dark crown and layered necklaces sits within a garland-framed alcove of yellow and red flowers. On the right, a seated figure in a red-and-gold coat with a leopard-print vest and a red-and-orange turban sits on a jewelled throne draped with a striped flower garland, with a trident-like staff beside it; the seated figure is an appearance-based a person depiction on a throne. A bird-shaped ornament sits in the foreground.2019-01-08ADIKAILASA on 1/24/20222022-01-24October 18 20152015-10-18MAy 27 20212021-05-27ADIKAILASA on 1/24/20222022-01-24