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A photograph of a temple ritual beside a golden-crowned deity murti decorated with garlands of marigolds and red and purple flowers. A person in a lime-green silk sari with a red border and a bangled arm raised stands on a raised platform near the murti, reaching upward. Below left, another person's hands hold a golden tray of offerings. The deity wears a jewelled golden crown and a green silk garment with a long white garland. The setting is a stone temple structure with carved ornamentation. A green cloth edge blurs the left foreground.

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A photograph of a temple ritual at a deity murti. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a bare upper body wears a lime-green silk dhoti with a red-and-gold border and a pearl necklace and bangles. He reaches toward a gold-faced murti dressed in a green garment with gold armour, a jewelled crown and a white flower garland. Behind the murti are dense bands of red, yellow and purple flowers and gold-embossed fabric. On the left, another person holds a gold plate.2011-12-16December 16 20112011-12-16 +1 copiesDecember 16 20112011-12-16 +1 copiesDecember 13 20112011-12-13December 16 20112011-12-16A photograph of a temple ritual at a shrine. A woman in a green saree with a brown-and-gold border stands at a golden ornate palanquin-style peetha, placing a garland of white and orange flowers and a pendant on a small deity murti seated in the centre. Behind the figure, a brass lamp stands on the floor, and a man at left wears an orange dhoti, a shaved head and beaded necklaces, holding a small offering. Behind the shrine, larger deities are dressed in red and gold garments and yellow-white garlands, with a stone-carved temple wall beyond.2011-11-01A photograph inside a temple shows a long-haired man in a lime-green silk sari-style garment with a red border, wearing layered pearl necklaces and pearl-and-metal armbands, standing and reaching toward a seated golden-hued deity murti. The murti wears a green silk garment, a jeweled crown, a white flower garland and a garland of red, purple and yellow flowers behind it. At the lower left a shaved-headed priest in orange-red cloth holds a golden plate of flowers. The man's posture suggests a puja or padapuja offering. A visible tuft of hair and a red bindi mark the man's forehead. Two physical people are visible.2011-12-16December 27 20092009-12-27November 29 20112011-11-29 +1 copiesA woman in a green silk sari with a silver-bordered pallu stands at a shrine performing an aarti with a lit oil lamp in her right hand and a small bell in her left. Behind her, two men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand near a brass tray. Before her is an ornately decorated deity murti dressed in green and red garments and draped in garlands of yellow, purple and red flowers, with a white garland. Brass oil lamps stand on either side, and a small white seated statue, also garlanded, sits at the front of the altar. The scene appears to be a temple puja.2011-12-16March 02 20112011-03-02 +1 copiesDecember 27 20092009-12-27