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A man with long swept-back dark hair and a short beard stands at left, bare-shouldered in a rust-brown wrap with layered rudraksha malas, his palms pressed together in anjali mudra as he smiles toward a painted temple statue. The statue, a sage-like figure with a tall topknot, long black beard, and a bare upper body, is painted in yellow, orange and green with a red sash, also holding its hands in anjali and wearing rudraksha beads. A rope garland drapes over its head. Behind them, a white-shirted man stands in a stone temple corridor beside carved stone figures and a small placard.

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A photograph inside a temple corridor where a long-haired man with a bare chest, wearing a rudraksha mala across his shoulders and a rudraksha bracelet, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar while smiling and looking toward a painted wooden statue. The statue depicts a bearded sage with a tall topknot, a red-and-white vibhuti marking, rudraksha beads, a multicoloured dhoti and palms folded in anjali, draped with a twisted green garland. Behind them a man in a white shirt watches, and carved stone figures and a stone wall fill the background. The scene suggests a devotee offering respects at a temple shrine.2018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29A bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair and a full beard stands at left with palms pressed together in anjali, wearing a dark brown rudraksha mala draped over his shoulders and arms. Beside him stands a painted wooden statue of a bearded sage with a tall topknot, rudraksha malas, a red tilak and a striped multicolored dhoti, also in anjali. A garland of braided straw and blue tassels hangs over the archway, and a partly visible sign is mounted on the wall. The setting is a stone temple corridor with whitewashed walls and carved stone panels. The man has distinctive long dreadlocks, rudraksha malas and bare shoulders, but the appearance is not clearly enough established to confirm the page's a person claim, so he is described as a devotee.2018-04-29A bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair and rudraksha beads on his neck and wrists stands in profile with palms pressed together in anjali mudra before a painted deity murti of Shiva in a niche. The murti has blue-grey skin, a dark topknot, a white and red tilak on the forehead and an orange garment. A rope garland with red and blue tassels hangs above the niche against pale stone walls, with a beaded curtain at right. The man's stance and posture suggest devotion, and the scene looks like a temple darshan.2018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesA photo of a temple interior at night. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair and rudraksha malas over his chest and arms cups his palm toward a lit oil lamp held by a shirtless priest in a white dhoti with a sacred thread and rudraksha mala. The priest holds a silver plate with a small flame and ash or kumkum beside it. Behind them stands a painted deity murti with a tall topknot, tilak on the forehead and rudraksha beads. Yellow walls and a dark beaded panel frame the scene.2018-04-29 +1 copiesA man with long dreadlocked hair and a short beard stands in profile in a narrow temple corridor, hands pressed together in front of his chest in an anjali gesture. He wears a rust-red wrap over his shoulders and bare upper body, with rudraksha mala beads around his neck and on his upper arm. Beside him a dark stone deity murti stands against a white wall, and a blue-framed doorway opens to the right, with a green offering tray and a lit lamp visible nearby. A second person with long hair is partly visible at the left edge. The scene suggests devotional worship at a shrine.2018-03-01April 29 20182018-04-29 +2 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple interior with pale stone walls and a dark beaded curtain on the right. A bare-chested man with long matted dreadlocks and rudraksha beads, hands folded in anjali, stands in front of a painted deity murti. Beside him a shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti and sacred thread holds a silver tray with a lit oil lamp and a small heap of offering on it, looking toward the viewer. Behind them a carved statue with a tall topknot and white vertical tilaka marks is visible. The scene suggests an aarti or puja at a shrine.2018-04-29 +1 copies