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Two men in saffron-orange dhotis with gold-bordered cloth and rudraksha malas stand before a shrine in a temple interior. The man on the left, wearing a beaded headband and a red-orange upper cloth with a mala, looks down toward the shrine. The bare-backed man in front, with a beaded headband and gold armlet, leans forward performing a ritual offering at a silver lamp stand. The shrine holds a gold canopy framing a deity murti, decorated with white jasmine garlands and pink flowers, with silver kalasha-style vessels and flower petals on the altar.

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Two men in saffron-orange dhotis with gold borders stand before a gilded shrine in a warm stone-walled temple. The shaved-headed elder in the foreground, bare-shouldered with a rudraksha mala and gold armlet, reaches toward a gold kalasha-topped shrine holding a gold Nataraja figure, pink flowers and offering vessels. Beside him, a younger man in orange with a red rudraksha headband and rudraksha mala watches. A devotee's arm in white is visible at the right edge. Oil lamps glow along the arch and petals scatter on the floor. The scene appears to be a temple puja or pooja at an altar.2012-05-14 +2 copiesMay 11 20122012-05-11May 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesMay 11 20122012-05-11Inside a temple shrine, a bare-backed priest in orange dhoti with gold borders stands at a gold-framed altar decorated with white jasmine garlands and pink flowers, performing worship by a deity murti. Beside him, a second man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands near the doorway holding offerings. Silver lamp stands and bowls line the altar, and an arched lit doorway frames the scene. The figure's appearance does not clearly establish a person, and the bare-backed priest is described by role only.2012-05-09May 14 20122012-05-14May 13 20122012-05-13 +2 copiesMay 11 20122012-05-11A photograph of a temple shrine with an arched niche lit by a string of yellow lights. In the foreground, a bald elderly priest with bare shoulders wears an orange-red dhoti with gold border, a rudraksha mala around his neck and a rudraksha band on his head, and performs a ritual gesture with his hands near the shrine. Beside him stands a younger attendant in orange cloth with gold necklace and rudraksha armlets. On the altar, a brass and silver lamp with burning flames, pink and white flower garlands, and a deity murti sit on a stone platform, while another person's hands hold a plate near the offerings. The scene suggests a puja or aarti in progress.2012-05-11May 12 20122012-05-12May 09 20122012-05-09May 09 20122012-05-09 +4 copies