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A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a coloured border stands on a stone platform before a small open stone shrine with a white domed roof and finials. Inside the wire-mesh enclosure, a deity murti or figure draped in white cloth is visible. The priest extends his right arm toward the shrine, apparently performing worship. Crotons with red and yellow leaves grow on the left, a green bush on the right, and a low stone retaining wall runs along the base under an overcast sky. Two or three partly visible people stand at the far left edge. No a person candidate is visible; the priest's appearance is not a distinctive presentation.

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A bare-chested male priest in a white dhoti with an orange and gold border stands with his back to the camera, holding a lit oil lamp toward a small stone shrine. The open-sided shrine has a granite pillared roof and is enclosed by metal mesh grille panels, with white cloths and dark offerings inside. A blue banner with a yellow emblem and text hangs behind the structure, and green foliage frames the scene under an overcast sky.2008-08-07A photograph of a shirtless man in a white dhoti with an orange-red border and a sacred thread over his bare back, seen from behind as he performs an aarti with a brass oil lamp before a black stone murti of a deity. The murti is partly covered with white cloth and has red flower garlands, set inside a metal mesh cage on a granite platform. 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Trees and blue sky are visible beyond the shrine, and a few other people stand at the left edge.2006-12-25