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A photo inside a small shrine room with a black-stone ceiling strung with multicoloured flower garlands in pink, purple, white and green. A bare-chested priest in an orange-brown dhoti on the left holds a lit oil lamp near a wall calendar and a framed devotional picture. In the centre, a bald man wearing a red rudraksha headband, white tilak, an orange robe, a white-and-red flower garland and a rudraksha mala stands before a doorway. Beside him an older man with long grey hair and a flower garland looks on, and a man with white forehead markings stands behind them. A silver tray with white powder and a small lit lamp is held in the foreground, and a devotee's hand reaches toward it.

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May 24 20122012-05-24 +1 copiesA crowded, dimly lit narrow passage inside a temple-like shrine with a dark stone ceiling hung with multicoloured flower garlands in pink, white, red, yellow and purple. On the left, a bare-chested priest with a grey beard holds a tray with a lit oil lamp and white offerings. Several men cluster around a doorway. In the centre, a bald, bare-chested man with a beaded mala necklace and a long-haired man seen from behind wear white flower garlands. On the right, a man wearing a rudraksha-style headband, pink and white flower garlands and an orange-saffron dhoti-style cloth smiles as he is greeted. Calendar pages and framed devotional pictures hang on the left wall.2012-05-24 +1 copiesMay 24 20122012-05-24A photograph of a temple sanctum with a bearded priest on the left, bare-chested in an ochre dhoti and sacred thread, holding a plate with a lit oil lamp. In the centre, a bald priest with white and red forehead markings and a red rudraksha mala wears a white garland and gold armlets and stands before a doorway draped with garlands. A man with long hair and a white sacred thread on a bare back, wearing a red cloth, bends toward him. On the right, a figure in an orange-red cloth wears a red-beaded headband and garlands, while other onlookers stand nearby.2012-05-24May 24 20122012-05-24A photograph inside a small shrine with a grey-painted stone wall, a brass oil lamp on the left and strings of coloured and white flower garlands hanging above. A bare-chested, grey-bearded man with a rudraksha mala and a vibhuti mark on his forehead holds a white plate with a lit camphor or offering at the rail. In the centre, an older man in a red silk shawl with a pink flower garland kneels and reaches toward the plate, while a bald man in white with a red tilak and beaded necklace bends forward. Several men in orange or white dhotis with rudraksha malas stand behind, appearing to participate in an aarti or puja. a person presence is uncertain from appearance alone.2012-05-24May 24 20122012-05-24A dim, ceremonial interior with multicoloured garland strings hung overhead and a tube light above. On the left, a bare-chested, grey-bearded man in an orange dhoti holds a brass tray with a lit oil lamp. In the centre, a shaved-headed, bare-chested man with a red-bead headband, sandalwood forehead marks and white flower garlands receives a garland from a man with long dark hair seen from behind. Beside him, a man with a red-bead headband and flower garlands stands with other devotees behind. The setting appears to be a small shrine-like room with wooden fittings and framed pictures on the wall.2012-05-24 +2 copiesMay 24 20122012-05-24 +1 copiesMay 24 20122012-05-24 +1 copiesMay 24 20122012-05-24Photograph inside a narrow temple passage with a dark stone ceiling and fluorescent light, decorated with multicoloured flower garlands. A shirtless, grey-bearded priest in an orange dhoti, holding a small oil lamp on a plate, offers it toward a bald, white-haired man wearing a red-and-gold headband, white flower garlands and an orange cloth, who holds a silver plate with fruit and a green leaf. A woman in a red sari with pink flowers and a man in glasses stand nearby, and several other people in the foreground are partially visible. Visible people include about five or six, with partial figures at the edges.2012-05-24 +1 copies