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A photo of a pada puja at a shrine decorated with marigold and multicolour flower garlands around a deity murti group. A central figure with a tall black turban sits in a saffron-red robe with a yellow and red flower garland and a rudraksha mala, his face and hands whitened with ash. Two attendants in red and orange robes with white forehead marks sit at either side, one holding a tray. Several devotees in the foreground have their hands near the base. Two statues of a seated figure with a red and gold robe flank the arch, and a bell hangs at the left.

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March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07A photograph inside a temple shrine during a Mahashivaratri abhishekam. A central seated figure wears a tall black turban, a gold necklace and a red-orange dhoti-style garment with a long rudraksha mala and a long yellow and red flower garland; his hands are gloved in white. Behind him, a deity murti with garlands and a gold crown stands in front of a multicolored garlanded arch and a stone shivalinga platform. Two attendants in white dhotis and a priest in a blue cloth sit nearby, and a devotee in orange sits at the right. Several onlookers in white and orange are seen in the foreground, with white ritual powder on the floor and the shrine.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07A photograph inside a temple shrine during a Mahashivaratri ritual. At centre, a man with a tall black turban-style hair wrap, a red-and-gold garment, a long gold necklace and a yellow-and-red marigold garland kneels beside a dark stone platform dusted with white powder, smiling, his hands and forearms white with powder. Behind him a man in an orange garment with white-marked arms kneels and tends the platform. Large golden deity murtis with crowns and red-draped figures stand in a niche framed by tall garlands of yellow, red and purple flowers. A man on the left wears a white forehead mark and rudraksha mala, and devotees with white tilaks are visible at the lower edges. Offerings of flowers and fruit lie on the floor.2016-03-07Photo inside a temple shrine during a ritual bathing and abhishekam. A central seated figure with a tall black turban and white forehead markings wears a red-orange dhoti, a gold necklace and a rudraksha mala, with a large yellow-and-red marigold garland, eyes closed. Two attendants in red-orange cloth with white ash on their foreheads and arms assist with white powder and offerings at the stone platform. Behind them stand golden deity murti with multicoloured flower garlands, and a bell hangs at the left. Several devotees in the foreground are partly visible.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07A photograph inside a shrine during a puja. A central figure with a tall black swept-back hair style, rudraksha mala and gold necklace, wearing a red-orange garment and yellow-and-orange flower garland, sits with eyes closed and white ash markings on the body. Behind, golden deity murtis are garlanded with yellow, orange and multicoloured flower garlands, with a green canopy overhead. Two attendants in red and white ritual dress with white sacred markings sit nearby, one holding a tray.2016-03-07