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A very dark, dimly lit arched shrine interior. At the centre stands a framed deity image and a small altar with a hanging lamp and a brass or oil lamp glowing faintly. In the foreground, two people in silhouette are partly visible: one at left in reddish-orange clothing and one at right in dark clothing with a yellowish wrap. The lower-right corner carries a faint copyright overlay, which is not transcribed.

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March 14 20142014-03-14Photo from behind inside a temple doorway. A bald man in an orange saffron robe stands with palms pressed together in prayer, facing a shrine. Beside him a woman with dark hair in a low bun wears a red sari with gold border. A brass bell hangs from the doorframe with red and orange cloth ties. Inside, a black Shiva linga sits on a marble-floored platform with a brass lamp and a deity image on the wall behind. A photographer with a camera stands at the left edge. Two people are visible in the scene.2014-03-14A photograph inside a dim stone temple shrine at Kanjanoor Agniswarar Temple. Two people in saffron-orange robes face the sanctum, a bare-shouldered figure at left in the foreground and a second figure in an orange sari with a gold border and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces holding a lit lamp toward a dark lingam-like deity murti. A large brass lamp with flames glows in the doorway, with more oil lamps and brass vessels on a ledge at right. Incense smoke drifts in the air. No individual can be clearly identified as a person from appearance.2012-05-30 +1 copiesA dimly lit photograph of a small shrine interior. In the foreground, a person seen from behind, with dark hair and a garland at the neck, holds a brass aarti plate with a lit oil lamp flame, red kumkum and a small bowl of ash or vibhuti. Beyond, a deity murti is decorated with flowers and draped in strands of beads, with a lamp glowing above, set against dark stone walls. Light is limited to the flame and a single bulb. This appears to be an aarti being performed at a shrine.2014-07-01Interior of a dim temple passage at night, with lit oil lamps lining the walkway toward an illuminated deity murti at the far end. A bald man in saffron-orange robes and bangles, carrying a folded red and gold cloth, walks ahead of a woman in a red sari with a flower garland. An older man with grey hair and a white cloth over his shoulders stands at right, facing the shrine, with a rudraksha-style mala visible. A dark-haired person's head is visible in the lower right corner.2012-05-16May 29 20122012-05-29 +1 copiesSeptember 18 20062006-09-18A photograph taken from behind a bare-shouldered person holding a brass aarti tray with a lit oil lamp flame and two small bowls, performing aarti before a Shiva lingam in a dim stone shrine. The lingam is adorned with marigold and flower garlands and draped cloth, with a strand of rudraksha or beaded malas hanging from the ceiling in front of it. A bright bulb lights the shrine's back wall, and a chain and hanging lamp appear at the right.2014-07-01A 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.2006-09-18March 01 20182018-03-01A dimly lit shrine room where a person seen from behind, with dark hair and bare upper body, holds a brass tray with a lit flame, red kumkum and a bowl of vibhuti or paste. In front of them a small shiva lingam stands on a base, decorated with marigold and red flower garlands and draped with a white cloth. Strings of rudraksha or beaded malas hang on the back wall, with a small oil lamp and a bell on the left. A bare electric bulb hangs above and cables run along the wall. The scene is an evening puja at a lingam.2014-07-01A photograph inside a dark stone temple chamber viewed through a gold-ornamented doorway. In the centre, a Shiva lingam sits on a white-draped circular platform, decorated with a red cloth, a garland of marigolds and red flowers, and a circular halo-like ornament behind it. Brass oil lamps stand along the right edge of the frame and a hanging lamp is suspended above. In the foreground at left, two people stand with their backs to the camera: one wears a white garment with orange shoulder cloth and long dark hair, the other wears orange robes and raises an arm toward the shrine.2006-09-18