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Photograph inside a plain white-brick room during a temple ritual. Two people in saffron-orange robes stand at left: the one nearer the door wears an orange head wrap and holds a tray with flowers and a small brass vessel, while the second, with long dark hair and bare upper body draped in orange cloth, raises a hand toward a white marble Ganesha statue. The Ganesha murti wears a gold crown, gold necklaces and holds a rod and a sweet-like item. Beside it sits a seated female deity murti in orange sari with a golden crown. Brown curtains hang behind the statues and a small brass kalasha sits on the floor. The second figure has distinctive long hair and ornaments, so this is a person appearance, shown performing the puja.

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A photograph inside a temple room with cream-coloured brick walls and a small window. A person in an orange-saffron robe with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala stands at left, holding a brass oil lamp with a lit flame toward a white marble deity murti. The white murti has a gold crown, gold jewellery and a trunk-like form, with a brass kalasha and brass vessel on the altar base. At right, an orange-clad seated figure and a red-and-white garlanded murti are partly visible. The scene suggests aarti or puja performed before the deity.2009-03-29 +1 copiesMarch 29 20092009-03-29December 23 20082008-12-23 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple hall with white brick walls and a tall window at left. A figure in an orange-red wrap and long swept-back dark hair leans forward and touches the trunk-side of a white marble Ganesha murti, which wears a gold crown and ornate necklaces. To the right, a large deity murti dressed in orange silk, gold jewellery, a green gemstone pendant and yellow and white flower garlands stands beside a brass kalasha-style vessel on the floor. Swamiji (probable): the figure has long swept-back hair, an orange-red wrap and a rudraksha mala, cues consistent with the page's attribution to a pranapratishta ceremony, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone. A single person is visible.2009-03-29December 23 20082008-12-23 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple shrine during a pranapratishta-style consecration. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl and a rudraksha mala, stands at centre-right holding a brass tray with offerings. To the left, another priest in orange robes is partly visible. Centre, a seated deity murti in an orange silk sari with a gold crown and gold border stands between two brass kalasha pots with a coconut. At the right, a deity or murti is adorned with red and white flower garlands and gold ornaments. A white wall and draped peach curtain form the background.2009-03-29December 23 20082008-12-23A photograph inside a stone temple pavilion showing a ganesha deity murti, white with a gold crown and red tilak, draped in thick garlands of marigold and mixed flowers and set in a gold arched niche. Two devotees in saffron-orange robes perform worship: a seated man in orange with a rudraksha mala holds a tray, while a standing woman in orange offers a lit lamp toward the murti. Brass oil lamps, silver kalasha pots, flower offerings and a red curtain surround the shrine.2008-12-23 +1 copiesDecember 23 20082008-12-23Photograph of a temple shrine during ritual worship. A standing figure in orange saffron robes with long dark hair and a white flower garland stands with hands folded in prayer before a large white deity murti of Ganesha, adorned with multicoloured flower garlands, a gold crown and a red-and-gold cloth. Behind the murti is a red and gold framed backdrop with additional deity images. A seated priest in orange robes with a beaded necklace holds a small lamp or offering vessel at left. Brass oil lamps stand on both sides, with brass vessels, a plate of white flowers and a tray of offerings in the foreground. Red cloth hangs in the background. Two people are visible.2008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23