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A figure in an orange cloth with a leopard-print headband and layered beaded necklaces stands with back to camera before a large statue. The statue is a golden-faced sculpture wearing a brown-and-gold turban, a jewelled gold-and-red robe with beaded collars, and a jewelled belt, adorned with a long garland of red, white and yellow flowers. Behind it is a tall arch of marigolds and roses in yellow, red, white and green, with a golden throne-like structure above. The scene suggests a flower-decorated abhishekam or puja before a murti.

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December 31 20182018-12-31 +2 copiesDecember 31 20182018-12-31 +2 copiesA photograph of a ritual scene before a large gold-coloured murti of a crowned, moustached figure dressed in ornate gold jewelry, a turban and layered beaded necklaces, framed by dense garlands of yellow, red, white and green flowers. In the foreground a young man in an orange saffron cloth and a leopard-print headband holds a lit oil lamp in one hand and a small brass bell in the other, with rudraksha beads on his arms and chest and white markings on his skin. Audience silhouettes appear at the lower right edge.2018-12-31 +1 copiesFebruary 24 20172017-02-24A man with long swept-back dark hair, a rust-brown turban and a gold armlet, wearing a brown-orange shawl over the shoulder, bows over a garlanded deity murti with his hands, adjusting gold ornaments and pink, yellow and red flower garlands on a golden figure. Behind him another priest in a deep red turban stands beside floral garlands, and a golden decorated figure appears at right. The setting is an ornate temple sanctum with a gold-framed backdrop. The man has long hair and a shawl, and the page attributes this event to a person, so the appearance-based label applies: a person, performing a puja and garlanding the murti.2016-12-14A photograph of a temple ritual before a large floral backdrop of red, yellow, white and purple garlands. A bearded man in a saffron-orange dhoti and wrap, with a matching orange turban, rudraksha mala and gold armlets, stands with his hands held out before a black stone shivalinga. To the left, a young man with white tilak markings and a shawl over his bare chest holds his palms together in prayer. To the right, a gilded metal deity murti in ornate jewellery and a sari-like garment stands beside the flowers. Oil lamps and a faint haze of smoke or incense fill the background.2017-02-24February 24 20172017-02-24December 31 20182018-12-31 +2 copiesDecember 23 20162016-12-23December 02 20172017-12-02December 14 20162016-12-14A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a priest in a rust-red dhoti and matching upper cloth with gold border bending forward to offer worship to a richly decorated deity murti. The murti is adorned with layered garlands of red, yellow, white and green flowers, gold jewellery, and a crown-like headdress; flanking statues in red turbans and gold ornaments are also garlanded. A brass lamp stand with lit wicks and metal vessels sit near the base. No living person other than the priest is visible.2014-12-05