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Photograph inside a temple corridor looking through a doorway toward a lit shrine. In the foreground a figure seen from behind wears a long saffron-orange robe wrapped over the shoulder, with long dark hair swept back, and stands in the passage. Beyond the doorway a shirtless priest in a pale blue dhoti attends a deity murti draped in a red and gold garment with a white flower garland. Marigold-style garlands and a golden arched prabhavali frame the image, lit by a row of bulbs around the doorway and a fluorescent tube overhead.

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September 18 20062006-09-18A dim temple passage with dark stone walls and a fluorescent tube light overhead. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron shawl wrapped over the shoulders and body, stands with their back to the camera facing the sanctum. Beyond, a bare-chested priest in a light blue dhoti stands before a garlanded deity murti draped in red and gold cloth, framed by a row of small oil lamps along the doorway arch. The scene evokes a temple inner shrine visit.2006-09-18September 18 20062006-09-18A dim temple sanctum corridor with glowing bulb lights framing a doorway. Inside, a dark stone deity murti in a red and gold sari is garlanded with white and pink flower chains. In the foreground a priest in bare-chested white dhoti stands with his back to the camera, holding a lamp toward the deity. On the left, a figure with long dark hair in an orange-gold shawl stands in profile, observing from the shadowed wall. Carved stone walls surround the scene.2006-09-18September 18 20062006-09-18September 18 20062006-09-18Inside a stone temple passage lit by strip lights and warm lamps, a figure in saffron-orange robe with long dark hair stands at left with back to camera, facing the sanctum. At center, a priest in white dhoti bends near an oil lamp before a deity murti draped in red sari and garlanded with flower necklaces, framed by a golden arch. A man in white shirt with folded hands stands at right. Carved stone pillars line the walls.2006-09-18September 18 20062006-09-18A photograph inside a dimly lit stone temple shrine at night. A priest with bare upper body and a yellow-gold dhoti stands at the sanctum, raising a lit oil lamp toward a linga adorned with white and orange flower garlands, a white draped cloth and a white circular backdrop. Warm golden light glows on the ornate gold-painted doorframe. Two people with long dark hair, one in an orange-red robe and one in a white garment, stand at the doorway in the foreground, viewed from behind. Brass oil lamp stands line the right side and a hanging lamp is visible above.2006-09-18September 18 20062006-09-18Photograph taken at night inside a stone temple doorway lined with carved golden-toned frames. A bare-chested priest in cream dhoti with a sacred thread and white arm markings holds a brass plate with a lit flame and offerings, facing the sanctum. Beside him stands a long-haired man in an orange-red robe, hands held together near his chest, and at left a figure in white garments with an orange shawl is partly visible. Behind the priest a deity murti is decorated with garlands and a cloth backdrop, and brass oil lamps stand at right against dark stone walls.2006-09-18September 18 20062006-09-18