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A 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. A blue and white painted panel and a stone pillar stand in the background.

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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.2008-08-07June 27 20122012-06-27 +1 copiesTwo shirtless priests in white dhotis stand before a dark stone murti draped in a yellow and red silk cloth with a green border, garlanded with pink flowers. The priest on the left holds a brass oil lamp with multiple lit wicks in front of the deity, while a lit lamp burns on a stand at the upper right. A golden arched frame surrounds the murti against a grey stone wall. The priests wear sacred threads and rudraksha malas, and their faces are not visible. This is an aarti offering before a deity, shown in a temple shrine.2012-05-21A photograph inside a temple shrine. An elderly man with a shaved head, bare-chested, wears an orange-red dhoti with gold borders, a beaded rudraksha mala and gold armlets, and holds a small vessel while offering to a black deity murti dressed in white and orange cloth with a white jasmine garland and pink flowers. Gold ornate shrine arch surrounds it, with a brass oil lamp burning at right. A younger man in white dhoti with gold border stands with folded hands in a respectful pose. Appearance-based cues on the elder are insufficient to confirm identity, so the role is described as a priest performing puja.2012-05-13January 01 20112011-01-01A man with long dark hair stands outdoors before a black stone deity murti dressed in white cloth and draped with yellow, red, and purple marigold garlands, set in an arched stone niche amid green trees. He wears a white dhoti, a bare chest, and a thick white and red flower garland around his neck, holding a silver handle over a lit oil lamp flame on a red-decorated base, with a silver vessel below. Aarti or puja is being performed. A cameraman is visible at the right edge.2011-01-01A photograph of a shaved-headed priest bare-chested in an orange-red dhoti with gold borders, holding a brass plate with a lit oil lamp and flowers, performing aarti before a deity murti in a gold arched shrine niche. The murti, dark-stoned with a white cloth, pink flower garland and rudraksha mala, sits on a pink-flower-strewn platform beside brass lamps. A second attendant in white stands at the left edge. Golden lion-like carvings flank the shrine. The priest's identity cannot be determined from appearance, so he is described by role only.2012-05-11May 08 20122012-05-08May 08 20122012-05-08A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with a red-bordered cloth and gold necklace stands at a stone platform, holding a ladle over a small flame and offering oil lamp. Brass lamps, a kalasha-like brass vessel and offering plates sit on the granite ledge beside him. Behind the platform, a seated figure wearing an orange robe, crown-like orange headwear and a rudraksha mala sits on a raised seat, and a small bright oil lamp burns on the stone. Other white-clad attendees and a woman in white stand nearby under a red-painted temple wall and a tiled roof.2010-11-12May 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesA shaved-headed priest stands with his back to the camera in a white dhoti and white shawl with a maroon border, holding a lit oil lamp in his right hand before an ornate shrine. The shrine holds a deity murti with a crown and red drapery, garlanded with yellow and purple flower garlands, and a golden arch frames it. A small orange-robed figure seated near the base and a golden kalasha on a brass tray are visible. Brass lamp stands line the right side of the shrine, and the courtyard shows stone pillars and greenery.2010-11-12