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Night ritual photograph at a shrine decorated with dense garlands of marigolds and red flowers, with banana plants and a kumkum-marked stone platform. A deity murti with a crown and ornate necklaces stands at centre, backed by a floral arch. In front, a man in an orange robe stands with palms joined in namaskar, while a woman in a white saree with gold borders holds a tray and a framed photograph of a saffron-robed figure, offering it before the murti. Oil lamps glow at the base of the shrine.

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December 10 20072007-12-10A night-time temple scene at a decorated shrine with a stone frame draped in garlands of marigolds and leaves, and a deity murti in the centre adorned with flower garlands and a red cloth. In the foreground a young man in an orange saffron shawl and orange robe stands barefoot with his back to the camera, reaching up to the deity, while a person in white clothes with long dark hair stands beside him. On the left a young man in white dhoti and an orange shawl holds a brass tray. Banana plants and strings of flowers frame the shrine, and a brass lamp stands in the lower right.2007-12-10December 10 20072007-12-10October 16 20072007-10-16A photograph inside a temple shrine with stone pillars and greenery visible through an open side. A standing devotee in white dhoti and shawl, with long dark hair, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar before a shrine. Beside them a shaved-headed attendant in saffron/orange robes and a rudraksha mala holds a brass tray. The central deity murti is a white figure with a tall white turban, draped in garlands of yellow, red and white flowers and a gold chest ornament, seated on a white-draped throne. Behind it stand two figures with golden crowns and ornaments, decorated with yellow and multicoloured flower garlands. Brass lamps, kalasha pots and an oil lamp sit on the dais in front, with a banana-leaf offering and flower petals. The scene shows puja or aarti at the shrine.2010-12-21December 10 20072007-12-10December 10 20072007-12-10October 13 20072007-10-13January 01 20092009-01-01Night photograph of a temple shrine decorated with garlands of marigolds and red flowers. A priest in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a tilak on his forehead and hair tied back, holds a brass plate with a flaming camphor or oil lamp in front of the shrine. Behind him, a deity murti stands in a flower-decorated niche with a red and green cloth backdrop. In the foreground are a brass kalasha-style vessel, a small lit fire, fruit offerings and a golden kirtimukha-framed image on a stand. This appears to be an aarti being performed.2007-12-10January 01 20092009-01-01Night photograph of an outdoor shrine at a temple-like structure. A priest in orange-saffron robes stands at left with his back to the camera, holding a lit oil lamp aloft toward the shrine. Behind him, a decorated stone-and-brick shrine holds a deity murti pair draped in red and orange garlands with a central floral arrangement. Strings of marigold and red flower garlands hang across the shrine front. In the foreground, a small brass vessel, a bell-shaped kalasha-style pot, bowls of fruit, flower-garlanded altar pieces and a small golden peetha-style seat or throne with a garland sit on a white ritual platform. Smoke or a small flame rises near the altar.2007-12-10