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A photograph of an outdoor shrine with a grey stone canopy and dark blue velvet curtains tied at the sides. Inside the arched shrine stands a deity murti with a red face, multiple arms and a crown, adorned with orange and red garlands and gold ornaments. In front is a stone altar holding brass lamps and offerings. A person in orange and red robes bends forward at the altar's edge. A tall brass vessel with an orange cloth wrap stands on the ground beside the altar. Strings of small lights hang from the canopy beneath green trees.

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September 30 20082008-09-30September 30 20082008-09-30September 30 20082008-09-30A photograph of a shrine with a golden arched frame housing a deity murti with a red-orange face, multiple arms and garlands of yellow and orange marigolds. A single person in a saffron-orange garment sits cross-legged at the base of the shrine, performing a puja with brass vessels, lamps and offerings arranged on the stone platform. Blue velvet drapes frame the shrine, and string lights hang overhead. The person's face is not visible and no identification is made.2008-09-30A photograph of a stone shrine under an open pavilion with orange cloth drapes tied to the pillars. Inside a golden arched niche stands a deity murti with a crown and garlands, dressed in orange and gold cloth, on a silver throne-like pedestal with brass lamps and offerings in front. A single person in an orange cloth wrap and orange garment stands barefoot at the platform, bent forward in devotion, facing the murti. Wet ground and greenery with a red railing surround the shrine.2010-07-09A photograph of an open-sided stone shrine with carved pillars and a gold-framed arch holding two deity murtis, one red-and-gold with a crown and one in pink-and-gold, both draped in marigold garlands. Brass oil lamps stand on either side, and a blue-and-yellow figure sits at the shrine base among offerings and a kalasha. In the lower right foreground, a person in orange robes with shaved head bends forward in prostration before the shrine. Red curtains hang at the sides and greenery fills the background.2009-08-17August 17 20092009-08-17December 29 20082008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29September 30 20082008-09-30August 17 20092009-08-17A barefoot person in saffron-orange robes bows deeply at the stone base of an open temple shrine. Behind them, a golden-framed altar holds a deity murti of Shiva with Parvati, the figures dressed in red cloth and decorated with yellow and purple garlands, with a silver-toned lingam and brass oil lamps set before them. Stone pillars carved with reliefs frame the shrine, a red curtain hangs at the right, and a small black pillar stands with flowers.2010-09-12