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Photograph of a shaved-headless priest with long dark hair, wearing a white ritual garment, standing at left and waving a brass lamp (aarti) toward a seated black deity murti. The murti wears a red and gold sari-style garment, a white crown, layered gold and white necklaces and a red and white floral garland arch. A small orange-clad figurine with a white head covering sits on the platform in front. A tall brass multi-tier oil lamp stands beside the priest, and a silver arched frame surrounds the shrine.

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January 01 20102010-01-01January 01 20102010-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20102010-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20102010-01-01 +1 copiesA person with long, swept-back hair in a white garment lights a brass oil lamp, a tall gold standing lamp, in front of a deity murti. The deity is dark-skinned, dressed in a red and gold sari-like cloth, adorned with white jewelled necklaces, a silver crown and earrings, and framed by a red and white flower garland. The murti sits within an ornate silver arched niche on a black backdrop, with a painted decorated pillar behind the lamp. Scene suggests puja or aarti in a temple shrine.2010-01-01 +1 copiesA seated person in plain white ritual clothing, with long dark hair, performs puja at a shrine before a black stone deity murti wearing a white crown, garlands of red and white flowers, a gold necklace and a maroon and gold silk garment. A small white marble figure in orange clothing with a flower garland sits below the deity. Brass oil lamps with bird-shaped tops flank the shrine, and the offering tray holds bananas, apples, a coconut and a kalasha-style brass vessel. Colourful striped fabric hangs on the sides.2010-01-01January 01 20102010-01-01 +1 copiesA person in white clothes sits on the floor at lower left, facing a deity murti in a shrine. The murti wears a red and green sari-like garment, a large silver crown, layered silver necklaces and a red and white garland arch. Brass lamp stands flank the shrine, and a brass kalasha-style vessel and fruit offerings with bananas sit on a low table in the foreground. Colourful woven cloth hangings line the shrine sides and a silver arched frame surrounds the image. The white-clad person is seen from behind, with shoulder-length dark hair; the image is a photograph of an interior shrine.2010-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple shrine. A person with long dark hair, wearing white dhoti-style clothing with a maroon-bordered cloth, stands at left holding a round silver bowl on a metal tray. In front of them a black-stone deity murti with silver crown and ornaments, draped in a red-and-gold sari and garlanded with white and red flower chains, sits within a silver arch. Below the deity, a white marble figure in an orange robe and garland sits on a pedestal. Brass lamps stand at the right and side, and brass plates with coconut halves, flowers, oil lamp and clothes lie on the floor in front.January 01 20102010-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20102010-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20102010-01-01 +1 copies