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A photograph of a golden shrine with a deity murti dressed in a red and blue embroidered garment and a red shawl, garlanded with green leaves, set before a gilded lattice screen with cut-out cross patterns. Two decorative red and gold fabric panels with floral embroidery and bird emblems flank the murti. In the foreground, a bare-backed priest with long hair and an orange-red sacred cord holds a tray with a lit lamp toward the deity, with smoke or incense hanging in the air. The setting is a stone temple hall with carved pillars.

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ADIKAILASA on 3/5/20212021-03-05 +2 copiesA photograph of a priest in saffron and orange cloth with a tiger-striped waist wrap and a rudraksha mala, waving a lamp before a decorated deity murti in a gold-framed shrine. The murti wears a tall silver crown, white and red garlands, and a patterned red and gold cloth. Red drapes and a tall pillar with green, yellow and red panels with blue and red flower motifs frame the scene.2021-03-07July 05 20202020-07-05ADIKAILASA on 3/4/20212021-03-04February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesApril 26 20202020-04-26A priest in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban stands with his back to the camera, bare-chested with white sacred markings on his arms and shoulders, holding a lit oil lamp aloft before a deity murti. The murti stands in a gilded arched shrine with a red backdrop, wearing an ornate golden crown, decorated garments and red flower garlands at its base. Beside the shrine, a tall decorated pillar with yellow flowers and red, green and blue panels rises, and a golden lion statue and brass vessel sit at the right edge. The scene suggests an aarti being performed at the shrine.2021-03-08A photograph of a dhwajarohanam ritual at a temple shrine. A bare-chested priest with long hair tied up, wearing an orange cloth and a yellow-and-black striped waist cloth, stands at left with rudraksha beads on his arm and reaches toward a richly decorated deity murti. The murti wears a tall jeweled crown, a garland of white flowers and red blossoms, and an ornate red and gold embroidered backdrop. Gold carved arches frame the shrine, and tall pillars on the right are wrapped in green, red, yellow and blue cloth printed with flower motifs.2021-03-07Temple scene at night with ornate blue-and-gold mosaic arches behind golden deity murti. A standing priest with bare chest, rudraksha mala and orange dhoti-wrap holds a flame in his cupped hands before a decorated altar. Large golden deity figures stand behind a garlanded peetha with a central offering heap of flowers and marigold garlands in red, yellow and pink. A tall brass oil lamp stands at right. The setting appears to be a Kumbhabhishekam-style puja.2021-06-20A photo of a temple shrine interior with gold-plated ornate fixtures and a gold lattice screen behind. A single person seen from behind, with hair tied in a high topknot, wears an orange saffron cloth draped over the bare shoulders and white ash horizontal markings on the upper arm and back, and holds a brass oil lamp with a bright flame toward the shrine. Two large red and yellow embroidered canopies flank the central gold altar, which holds a deity murti draped in red and gold cloth. Small gold elephant figures sit at the base of the left altar, and brass lamps and offering vessels stand before the altar. Smoke drifts through the warm golden light.2021-03-02Photograph inside an ornate gold-leaf shrine with carved floral and scrolled panels and a cut-out lattice window. A kalasha-like pot draped in red and gold cloth with white lace and green leaves sits in a niche on the left. In the foreground a bare-backed priest in orange saffron cloth and white underwear raises his cupped hands toward the niche, with a rudraksha-style necklace and an elaborately knotted hair bun decorated with gold ornaments. A tall orange, yellow and green striped banner stands behind him.2021-06-20March 13 20202020-03-13 +1 copies