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A photograph inside a narrow temple corridor with bright orange-red painted pillars and walls. A man with long dark hair, wearing a maroon-red shawl, a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace and a leopard-print garment, stands at centre gesturing with one raised hand while people gather around him. Beside him a bald man in saffron-orange robes with a yellow floral garland and yellow sandal marks on his forehead and chest stands close. A woman in white with a red shawl stands at left near a wall clock and a framed deity picture with marigold garland. A young man in a pink-orange shirt holds a yellow flower garland at right. Devotees in white and red, some sitting, fill the foreground. Trishula tridents hang on the right wall, and a small framed image of a deity hangs on the black wall at left.

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A crowd moves through a narrow, vividly red-orange temple corridor with arched openings and painted pillars. In the centre, a smiling woman with short dark hair and a red bindi wears a rust-red garment, a dark beaded mala and a gold-beaded necklace, holding a silver staff and gesturing with her hand. Nearby, a bald man with yellow tilak markings wears an orange-saffron shawl and gold armbands, and a young man in a pink shirt stands beside them. Devotees in white clothes and red scarves surround them. Behind, a shrine niche holds a small deity image and framed pictures, and a ceiling fan hangs overhead.2014-05-19April 05 20142014-04-05Interior of a temple with red-painted carved pillars and a black-and-white checkered marble floor. A man with a shaved-headed hairstyle wearing a bright orange-yellow marigold garland and a saffron cloth over his bare shoulder stands at right with palms pressed together in prayer, facing a shrine. The shrine holds a deity murti decorated in red and gold, with brass oil lamps and a kalasha-style vessel in front. Wall clock, framed pictures and hanging brass lamps are visible. Red flowers lie on the floor near the pillar base.2014-01-30A covered temple hall with a corrugated metal roof and an aisle lined by a red carpet leads toward a lit shrine. In the foreground a priest in white dhoti with a saffron shawl and gold garland holds a brass lamp and a bell-like object, while a man in an ornate tall dark crown with a saffron robe and garland stands beside him. A man in an orange hooded jacket and orange dhoti stands to the right. Several devotees in white and orange line the sides, a few women in saffron and white saris among them. Wall posters and a clock hang on the orange walls. The scene appears to be an aarti or puja procession, with the shrine's deity murti visible at the far end.2010-12-17A photograph inside a narrow, bright red-and-white temple passage in Varanasi, with a large trident (trishul) standing upright on a red-painted platform. In the foreground, a bald man in a rust-orange robe and orange sandalwood forehead mark, with a rudraksha mala and a gold-coloured necklace, walks forward while a younger man in red-orange clothes below him has hands raised toward him. A figure with long dark hair and a rust-orange robe, adorned with a beaded mala, raises one hand near the trident. Around them, men and women in white and red-orange shawls stand close together, some with palms joined, and a cameraman in white holds a video camera at the top left. Green leaves are heaped on the right, and a stone inscription panel in Devanagari script covers the left wall.2014-05-19May 13 20122012-05-13July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesApril 05 20142014-04-05April 05 20142014-04-05Interior of a red-painted temple gateway with ornately carved orange-red pillars and arches. A large hanging bronze temple bell is suspended in the centre, and tridents with marigold garlands stand on either side. Framed deity pictures hang on the dark walls beside a wall clock. Several devotees stand and move through the entrance, including a man in a white kurta near the doorway, a man in a striped shirt, and a man in a light shirt with glasses at the right edge. Hands with bangles and garlands are visible at the lower left.2014-05-19May 04 20152015-05-04Photograph inside a narrow temple corridor with bright red painted pillars and walls, lit by hanging lamps. A woman in a red sari with gold border and a leopard-print blouse walks forward at the center, followed by saffron-robed monks with shaved heads and white tilak. A cameraman in a white shirt and a bald man in white ritual clothing film the procession from the foreground, and a small framed image hangs on the right wall.2014-04-05