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A red-walled temple interior with a checkerboard black-and-white marble floor and a shrine niche holding a deity murti decorated with a garland, with brass lamps hanging at left. A sadhu in orange-red robes with an orange marigold garland stands in profile at right, facing the shrine and holding a staff. Clock, framed pictures and hanging garlands decorate the walls, and a seated man in a light shirt sits at left.

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A temple interior with bright red walls and pillars, a black-and-white checkered marble floor, and a shrine niche holding a deity murti framed by a gold arch. A bare-chested man with a short bun and a long orange marigold garland stands at right, wearing a reddish-brown wrap, looking up toward the shrine. Oil lamps and framed pictures hang on the walls, and rose petals are scattered on the floor. A flower-garlanded figure stands in the foreground among the devotional setting. The man is a devotee or priest, and his identity is not established from appearance.2014-01-30Interior of a temple with red-painted carved pillars and a black-and-white checkered marble floor. A man with a shaved-headed hairstyle wearing a bright orange-yellow marigold garland and a saffron cloth over his bare shoulder stands at right with palms pressed together in prayer, facing a shrine. The shrine holds a deity murti decorated in red and gold, with brass oil lamps and a kalasha-style vessel in front. Wall clock, framed pictures and hanging brass lamps are visible. Red flowers lie on the floor near the pillar base.2014-01-30January 30 20142014-01-30A photograph inside a red-pillared temple courtyard with a black-and-white checkered marble floor. In the foreground, a figure with long dark wavy hair wears a leopard-print shawl over a yellow marigold garland, seen from behind. Other men stand nearby, one in white and another in an orange shawl. A large red-orange temple bell hangs from the ceiling, and a wall clock and framed deity images decorate the shrine area. A small priest in white sits before a deity murti in a niche, with lamps and incense sticks nearby. The walls and columns are painted vermilion.April 05 20142014-04-05April 05 20142014-04-05April 05 20142014-04-05A photograph inside a red-painted temple interior with a checkered marble floor. A monk in a red-orange robe walks down the aisle beside a white-clad figure, passing along a white marble wall carved with Devanagari inscriptions. At right, a man in a white shirt bends over a red-railed shrine area where a deity murti is visible beneath red arches, with oil lamps burning and flower offerings on the floor. Several other people in white and saffron stand in the background near the shrine.2014-04-05April 05 20142014-04-05April 05 20142014-04-05April 05 20142014-04-05Photograph inside a narrow temple corridor with bright red painted pillars and walls, lit by hanging lamps. A woman in a red sari with gold border and a leopard-print blouse walks forward at the center, followed by saffron-robed monks with shaved heads and white tilak. A cameraman in a white shirt and a bald man in white ritual clothing film the procession from the foreground, and a small framed image hangs on the right wall.2014-04-05