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Photograph of a dark stone temple doorway with yellow lattice gates opened, viewed from outside. Inside, a bare-chested priest in a red-and-white dhoti holds a brass aarti plate with lit oil lamps while devotees stand close. In front, a bare-chested man with a white dhoti and white sacred markings on his back and shoulders stands with hands folded. A woman in a green and gold bordered sari and other women in saris join hands in prayer nearby. Colourful deity figures are partly visible at the edges, and a white cloth hangs inside the sanctum.

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Inside a dark stone temple doorway with yellow lattice gates swung open, several women in saris crowd forward to look into a shrine lit by oil lamps. A priest bare-chested in a red-brown dhoti stands inside the shrine near a decorated deity murti garlanded with pink and red flowers, and a yellow cloth hangs above. In the foreground, a woman in a green-bordered saree with a bun, and another in a teal top with hair in a bun, bend forward with hands folded in prayer. A painted colourful statue in green and pink dress stands at left. Darshan at a temple shrine.2017-02-07 +1 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesA photograph inside a temple doorway showing a bare-chested priest in a green cloth and white forehead marking holding a brass aarti lamp with several flames toward a seated figure in orange robes with long dark hair who bows with hands raised to the head. Two seated devotees in orange clothing with folded hands and sandalwood forehead marks sit to the left, and a white-dhoti-clad attendant stands at right. Behind them, a silver-clad deity murti and garlands are visible, with carved stone walls framing the entrance.2010-01-08 +1 copiesMay 18 20122012-05-18February 08 20122012-02-08A temple sanctum interior during a lamp-lit worship. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in orange-saffron robes and a rudraksha mala stands with his back to the camera, watching. Beside him a woman in orange sari stands near a golden-draped deity murti with lit oil lamps around it. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a coloured border, and a second man in white dhoti, tend the shrine. A circular lamp glows in the doorway behind them, and a red-and-gold canopy edges the top left. Dark stone walls surround the scene.2012-05-29 +1 copiesCrowded interior of a dimly lit South Indian temple during a visit. Several devotees in saffron and orange robes stand along a metal barrier, one holding a folded white cloth. In the centre, a man with a pink garland and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, a headband with beads and a vibhuti-marked forehead, presses his palms together in anjali. Nearby, a bare-chested man with a grey-streaked topknot bows toward a shrine grille; a shirtless man in the foreground touches his forehead with his hand. Lit oil lamps glow behind the golden-framed doorway, and other people raise phones to photograph the scene. Golden panels and a dark stone pillar frame the shrine area.2012-05-16 +1 copiesMay 18 20122012-05-18Night photograph inside a temple of a lamp-lit ritual at a metal railing with an oil lamp flame in a brass tray. A man with shaved head and white forehead marks, wearing a thick pink and green flower garland and an orange-red silk shawl over a white garment, reaches toward the lamp with a hand. Behind him stand devotees, including a woman in a yellow blouse and dark bag at left, a man in an orange robe with rudraksha mala beside him, and a man in a brown kurta with folded hands. A bare-backed priest in a white dhoti with gold chain is in the right foreground, facing the lamp. The pressed-together hands and crowd suggest an aarti at the shrine.2012-04-11Interior of a dimly lit temple shrine hung with strands of yellow and pink flower garlands and a tube light overhead. A bald man in orange saffron robes and a rudraksha mala stands at center, with a second figure in orange robes with long dark hair beside him. Several devotees in white and cream clothes crowd around. A woman in a cream sari with an orange border stands at left. A man in a pink-brown cloth with bare upper body and white ash marks stands at right near a brass lamp stand with lit oil lamps beside a carved doorway. A wicker basket is held nearby.2012-01-07A warm, dimly lit temple doorway scene. In the foreground, a woman with hair in a bun and a rudraksha headband, wearing an orange sari and rudraksha malas, faces inward toward the shrine. Beside her, a bare-chested sannyasi in orange cloth with white beaded mala stands in attendance. In the center, a man in a white dhoti with a red border carries a lit oil lamp on a plate, performing aarti before the shrine. Another white-clad priest stands behind him near the sanctum entrance, and a brass lamp rests on the floor at right.2012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18