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Priests in saffron-orange robes perform an arati at a garlanded shrine beneath an ornate arch decorated with yellow, orange and purple marigold garlands. A standing priest in an orange headwrap holds a brass lamp with a lit flame, while a second priest in an orange robe with a white floral garland over the shoulders holds a bowl of offerings near a deity murti with a red crown. Beside them a small white and saffron figure of a sage sits on a leopard-print mat, adorned with a white garland. Brass lamps stand on the right, and a framed portrait with a flower garland is in the lower right corner. A man in a white dhoti with yellow shawl sits in the lower left foreground, and yellow flower offerings lie on a brass plate.

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December 27 20092009-12-27December 25 20082008-12-25 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20092009-01-02Outdoor temple shrine ritual under a stone portico with carved pillars. A figure in orange robes and a rudraksha-style necklace stands at left holding a small brass lamp. In the centre, a person in an orange sannyasi-style robe leans forward with hands on a large white sculpted figure, while garlands of marigolds and multicoloured flowers hang around the shrine. Behind them stand gilded deity murtis with red and gold garments and crowns, framed by a golden arch. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha-like vessel, brass plates of flowers and offerings fill the foreground, and a drummer in white is partly visible at left.2008-12-25 +1 copiesDecember 25 20082008-12-25 +1 copiesDecember 24 20082008-12-24July 21 20102010-07-21A temple scene with a shrine bearing two deity murtis draped in red and garlanded with marigolds. A standing man in saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold wristwatch and sunglasses, stands before the shrine with hands at his sides, while a bare-chested man in orange sits and holds a small brass vessel, and a man in white dhoti and yellow shawl stands behind. On the right, a man in orange cloth presses his palms together. Brass lamps and a kalasha-style offering sit on the stone platform, with a flower-decorated tray in front and a curtain of orange cloth to the left.2010-07-21A photograph of a stone shrine decorated with white, orange and pink flowers and a deity murti seated under a gilded arch, garlanded with yellow and red marigold strands. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand at the shrine, one holding a brass tray and the other a garland, with brass lamps, a kalasha-style vessel and offerings on the platform in front. The setting suggests a puja or abhishekam in progress. a person candidate appearance is not clearly established, so the figures are described by role only.2008-12-28A photograph inside a stone-pillared shrine at an outdoor altar, where a priest in orange robes stands with his back to the camera holding a lit lamp toward a deity murti of Shiva and a consort, decorated with marigold and multicolored flower garlands and a red crown. Two other orange-robed attendants sit at left, and brass lamps, brass vessels, bowls of offerings, rudraksha strands and garlands surround the platform draped in orange cloth. The setting appears to be a puja or aarti at a shrine; no clearly identifiable a person is shown in appearance-based terms, only a priest in orange.2008-12-27A shrine scene at a temple with a deity murti of a seated Shiva-form and a consort, dressed in red garments with gold and white garlands, flanked by yellow and pink marigold garlands and flower arrangements. Two people in saffron/orange robes stand at the shrine: one on the left holds a brass plate, while the other bends forward and places an orange cloth with a printed portrait on the deity's pedestal. A small white stone figure of a seated figure and brass kalasha-style objects sit on the platform.2010-07-26A temple shrine with a large golden arched frame holds deity murti of a Shiva-Parvati pair adorned with multicolour garlands and a red and gold necklace. In the foreground a figure in orange robes bends over a silver-and-gold abhishekam vessel, pouring or offering on the linga-shaped base, while another orange-clad priest stands at left holding an oil lamp. Brass oil lamps stand on the marble platform beside silver bowls, a kalasha and flower-filled trays of yellow marigolds and white jasmine. Open colonnaded stone architecture and trees are visible behind.2008-12-25 +1 copies