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A priest seen from behind, with his hair in a knot, wears a yellow-bordered cloth and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, with white sacred ash lines across his bare back. He faces a decorated altar or deity murti draped in red roses, yellow marigolds, white jasmine and green foliage, with a brass oil lamp burning in front. Brass vessels stand on a red ledge in the background. The setting suggests a puja or abhishekam.

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July 18 20162016-07-18A photograph of a temple puja before a deity murti draped with thick garlands of red and yellow flowers and green leaves. A bare-chested priest with short hair and glasses sits in the left foreground, facing the altar, wearing a beaded necklace. Silver oil lamps with burning flames stand beside the murti, and a brass kalasha and a silver vessel of flower offerings sit in the lower right. The background shows a blue cloth and gilded panels, with a few blurred figures in white at right. The priest is not described as a person; no clear appearance cues support that identification.2017-05-26July 18 20162016-07-18April 11 20182018-04-11 +1 copiesMarch 16 20172017-03-16 +2 copiesADIKAILASA on 1/7/20222022-01-07Photograph of a Hindu ritual at a flower-decorated shrine. A bare-chested priest in a purple headwrap and white dhoti with a golden-striped cloth draped over his shoulder holds a lit flame toward a deity murti framed by layered marigold and rose garlands. In front, several decorated kalasha pots wrapped in colourful threads and marigold garlands sit with coconuts, leaves and a brass bowl on a stepped platform of bricks sprinkled with flower petals and rice. A fire burns at the right edge. Scene suggests a puja or abhishekam; priest is not confidently identified.2018-04-14 +1 copiesMarch 16 20172017-03-16A puja scene at a ritual site. A priest in white dhoti with a yellow-orange border reaches with his right hand to a silver camphor lamp burning with a flame, held over an ornate altar. The altar is draped in a deity's garment or decorated figure covered with beaded gold embroidery and rows of white jasmine garlands and red and yellow marigold garlands. Below, silver bowls hold rose petals, bananas, grapes, coconut halves and a covered silver vessel, with small oil lamps lit beside them. The floor is covered with colourful striped woven mats in pink, blue, green and orange. Another person in white sits at the back, partly visible.2017-03-16June 23 20172017-06-23 +1 copiesMarch 16 20172017-03-16A priest in a rust-red dhoti and matching shawl bows over a tall golden kalasha-shaped pillar wrapped in layered garlands of yellow marigolds, red roses and white flowers, with green leaves at the top. He wears a red and white beaded garland, gold armlets and a long black braided sash, and his hand rests on the golden base. Behind him stand golden deity murtis with flower garlands, and a gold oil lamp stands at right beside a golden rooster finial. A reverent Guru Purnima offering scene.2016-07-19