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A photograph of a shrine niche set into a black stone wall, flanked by red-painted pillars. Inside the niche is an orange-smeared stone deity murti draped with a long garland of yellow marigolds and green leaves. A small framed devotional print with a red-and-gold decorative border hangs on the left, showing a figure adorned with beaded necklaces. A small sticker on the right depicts figures in a religious setting. No people are visible.

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A framed photograph of a deity face hangs on a red-painted wall in a shrine, the face wrapped in many strands of rudraksha-style beads and red garlands with a red tilak mark above the brow. Below it sits a recessed niche containing a stone murti smeared with thick vermilion paste and draped with yellow marigold garlands. Red-painted pillars frame the scene on a black stone floor. No people are visible.2014-05-19October 03 20152015-10-03October 03 20152015-10-03A photograph inside a dim stone shrine chamber where a red-painted deity murti is decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands, a white cloth draped over its head and blue-stone ornaments, lit by a bare electric bulb. In the foreground a figure in an orange sleeveless robe and a green leaf garland around the shoulders holds a lit oil lamp toward the murti. Beside him a man in a white dhoti stands with folded hands, and on the right a figure in orange cloth holds a garland. A bald man in the left foreground turns his face away. A painted panel with red and gold imagery is visible behind the murti. The scene shows a puja or aarti at the murti.2010-09-04October 03 20152015-10-03A small orange figure of the monkey deity Hanuman stands in a shrine niche against a dark red patterned cloth. The figure holds an orange flag on a pole over its shoulder and wears a red dhoti with gold trim. Its neck and torso are decorated with marigold and white flower garlands, and it has white markings on its chest. A red cloth and a striped object sit at its feet on a stone ledge. No people are visible; the figure is a statue.2014-01-13March 28 20182018-03-28 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple shrine showing a large rock-cut deity form, a stone murti smeared in vermilion (sindoor) and draped with a white cloth and layered garlands of yellow, orange and red flowers with blue ornaments. A young shirtless man in white dhoti and a yellow shawl with red border stands at left, looking toward the murti, wearing a pendant on a cord. At right, a shirtless man in a white dhoti bends forward in worship, wearing an orange shawl with a green-and-gold border. A framed picture hangs on the wall above, and a blurred hand is in the foreground.2010-09-04March 28 20182018-03-28 +1 copiesA photograph of a shrine with a marble-tiled back wall and a small orange-faced deity murti wearing a golden crown, draped in red cloth and heavily garlanded with marigolds and pink flowers, with small oil lamps and a copper plate at its base. In the foreground a woman in a rust-red robe and layered pearl and gold necklaces stands with hands raised, applying a yellow sandal or turmeric mark to her forehead, beside a shaved-headed man in orange robes at the right edge. At the left, a person in white holds a brass tray with a copper cup and offerings. The scene suggests a puja or aarti at the shrine.2014-01-13Two framed photographs of deity murti faces hang side by side on a wooden shelf. The left frame shows a red-faced deity with bulging eyes, a white tilak, a nose ring and fangs, crowned by a large mass of yellow and green flowers and wearing a yellow garland. The right frame shows a red-faced deity wearing a white and orange striped crown, draped in dense green leaves and red and purple flowers with a white and orange garland. Printed copyright and source text appear over the lower right of the image, which is not transcribed. No people are visible.2010-08-09A shrine niche with a gilded interior holds a dark stone figure seated in a cushioned arch, wearing an orange saffron cloth with gold edge stripes, a white flower garland and a rudraksha mala, with a white vertical mark on the forehead. A gold-painted lion stands at the left edge, and a dark sculpted figure in orange cloth with a white garland and rudraksha beads sits in the foreground at left. Two brass oil lamps flank the central figure on the shelf, and a dark stone base with a lotus-patterned top sits at the bottom edge. These are statues, not living people.2022-01-24