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Night photograph of a dark stone murti of a deity seated before orange draped curtains inside a gold-painted arched shrine. The murti wears a blue and orange turban with a jeweled brooch, a white flower garland, a blue silk garment with gold border, a jeweled necklace with a large pendant, and a gold raised-hand abhaya mudra. A man at left in an orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and white tilaka holds a lit oil lamp toward the murti.

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November 04 20212021-11-04November 04 20212021-11-04June 16 20142014-06-16May 08 20172017-05-08A figure seen from behind, with long dark hair swept back and a white and pink flower garland over the shoulder, wearing a rust-red wrap, holds a lit oil lamp toward an ornate golden throne-shaped altar. Seated on it is a deity murti dressed in red and gold with a blue and orange embroidered cloth, a tall crown, and a silver necklace. A smaller seated figure with flower garlands sits on the altar base below, and a brass lamp stands at the right. The setting is a dim interior with a red canopy overhead. The figure's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity, so this is marked unsure.2016-05-22November 04 20212021-11-04October 22 20152015-10-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a shrine room. A man with a white forehead marking and red kumkum dot stands at left, smiling and raising one hand in greeting. He wears a red-orange dhoti and shawl with gold borders, a long mala of brown rudraksha beads, and gold bangles. Behind him stands a dark deity murti in a blue-and-gold garment, adorned with a garland of yellow and red flowers and a green bead necklace, set in an ornate silver-and-gold arched niche with red cloth backdrop. Smaller murtis, a pink-clad figure, brass oil lamps and a small brass kalasha sit on the altar. The man is shown with the shrine, but his identity is not established from appearance.2014-06-16A photograph of a ritual at a temple shrine. On the left, a man with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe, a heavy gold necklace, and white sacred ash markings on his forehead and upper arms. He holds a small brass handbell in one hand and a lit oil lamp in the other, its flame rising beside a dark stone deity murti. The black murti wears a crown of yellow, orange and pink flowers, a tilak mark on its forehead, and has ornamented shoulders and arms. Gold-framed arch and red drapery form the background.2007-11-09May 08 20172017-05-08November 09 20072007-11-09November 09 20072007-11-09