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A stage puja inside a hall with red carpet, gold-trimmed throne at left and a painted backdrop of deity murtis flanking a dark doorway with a golden seat. A standing priest in orange-saffron dhoti with bare upper body and a bead necklace raises a lit multi-flame aarti lamp toward the shrine, smoke rising. Seated at left, another orange-clad priest sits beside a small table with items. At right a white-clad person kneels near a row of brass oil lamps. Ceiling spotlights and air conditioners line the room.

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August 14 20142014-08-14A photograph of a stage with a red carpet and maroon curtains, where a figure in an orange sari with a red-and-orange border raises a lit multi-wick oil lamp (aarti) toward a painted temple backdrop. The backdrop shows painted deity figures flanking a wooden double door with decorative pillars. Three women in orange robes sit cross-legged on the stage floor, one reading or holding a book, another with hands joined in prayer, and a fourth in a white dhoti and shawl. A gold-and-red throne stands at the left edge, with brass lamps (deepams) placed around the stage.2014-08-14August 14 20142014-08-14August 14 20142014-08-14July 10 20142014-07-10A stage inside a temple-style hall with a maroon velvet drape and a painted blue backdrop with gold-framed panels and carved pillars. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with bare head and bare upper body sits on a gilded throne with lion-shaped armrests, hands folded in namaskara. To the left, a bald man in orange robes holding a lit multi-flame aarti lamp stands near a second seated man in orange robes on a low orange chair. Two standing deity murtis flank the throne, and on the right a decorated altar holds two deity murtis draped in colourful garlands with a blue cloth base. Brass lamp stands and a floor fan are visible, and a few people sit at the bottom edge near a monitor. The image shows a satsang-style ritual with aarti.2013-11-10August 22 20142014-08-22A photograph of a temple-style hall during a puja. In the foreground, a standing priest with a shaved head and bare upper body wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala, raising a brass lamp or aarti vessel toward the shrine. Seated on the red carpeted platform at left, two priests in orange robes with white forehead markings sit before a small ritual setup with brass items. At right, several women in orange and maroon saris sit with palms pressed together in prayer. Behind them stand two large painted dvarapala guardian figures with four arms, crowns and orange-green dhotis flanking a wooden door, with brass lamp stands and painted pillars in pink, green and blue. Several people are visible, roughly six to twenty.2014-04-25Photograph of an evening aarti in a temple hall with painted pillars and two standing deity murtis flanking the shrine. A devotee in saffron-orange robe with a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace and bangles raises a lit multi-flame oil lamp toward the shrine. Inside the shrine a framed portrait of a man with a saffron head covering sits on a gilded throne-like altar, with fairy lights glowing. Oil lamps stand on the red carpet, and several people in white dhotis and saffron cloths sit with hands folded in prayer. Five physical people are visible, the foreground devotee among them, with the cropped image showing only part of a seated figure at left.2014-06-19A photograph of a shrine room with painted blue and gold walls and two painted standing deity figures flanking a central altar. A bald man in orange saffron robes with a rudraksha mala stands with his back to the camera, raising a lit lamp or ritual vessel toward the altar. Five people sit on red mats at right and left, hands folded in prayer; those at right wear orange and white dhoti clothing. A framed portrait of a saffron-turbaned man sits above a gold altar with brass lamps lining the floor. Garlands hang across the altar and draped fabric frames the shrine.2014-06-02April 02 20132013-04-02 +1 copiesDecember 10 20132013-12-10