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A photograph inside a small concrete temple room during a kumbabhishekam ceremony. Garlands of orange, yellow and pink flowers and banana bunches are arranged before a shrine at left, with a lit oil lamp on the floor. A man in a rust-orange turban, saffron-orange robes and a long flower garland, holding a brass plate, stands at center beside a row of men in orange robes and rudraksha malas. On the right a man in white dhoti and shawl with orange-and-gold border stands with hands folded. Men in white shirts and dhotis and a cameraman with a video camera stand behind the shrine. The swami figure's presence is only visually suggested, so the identity is left uncertain.

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May 01 20152015-05-01A temple ritual inside a plain whitewashed hall at a kumbabhishekam-style ceremony. A woman in an orange-saffron sari with a matching head wrap holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp, and is garlanded with white and orange flower garlands. Around her, men in white dhotis, some bare-chested with red-striped cloths, stand with folded hands. Decorated pots and offerings are laid out with fruit, flowers, coconuts and marigold garlands on a white cloth, with small oil lamps burning on the floor. Bystanders, including children, watch from behind.2015-05-01A photograph inside a small temple interior during a ritual. A standing figure in a rust-orange robe and matching orange turban, wearing a long garland of white and yellow flowers, holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp, offering aarti before a decorated deity murti. Offerings of flowers, fruits and green coconuts with orange blossoms are arranged on the floor and altar, and a white-clad priest in white dhoti with a striped border stands at right with hands joined. Onlookers in white shirts and dhotis watch, and photographers with cameras stand near the entrance. Rudraksha malas hang on several devotees.2015-05-01Indoor temple scene with a woman in orange-saffron robes and an orange head wrap performing an aarti with a lit oil lamp on a brass plate, standing before a shrine decorated with marigold and mixed flower garlands and heaps of petals. She wears a long garland of orange and yellow flowers and bangles. Around her, standing devotees in white dhotis and shirts, some with folded hands, watch; a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a striped border stands at right. Offerings with coconuts and flowers lie on the shrine floor, and a deity murti is partly visible behind the garlands. A wall clock and a window light the room.2015-05-01A photograph of a small white-walled shrine room during a puja. A man in a long-sleeved white dress stands at the centre-right, wearing a heavy garland of red, yellow and white flowers over saffron-orange robes, holding a lit flame and a brass bell and performing an aarti. Behind him, saffron-robed sannyasis and white-clad devotees stand with palms pressed together, and a young boy in a checked shirt holds a flame. At the left, a deity murti draped in orange cloth with flower garlands sits beside brass lamps, a kalasha and offering plates. A wooden door and iron-grilled windows frame the room, and an orange flag hangs on the right. a person: the garlanded man in orange and gold garments performing the aarti.2012-01-02May 01 20152015-05-01A photo inside a temple hall decorated with yellow marigold garlands and a red-and-yellow flower arrangement over a deity murti at the front. A man in a long saffron-brown robe with a red and white flower garland, a white tilak on his forehead, and hands pressed in namaste stands at the centre. Around them are men in white shirts and dhotis, a bare-chested attendant with a sacred thread, and women and children in colourful salwar kameez watching from behind metal railings, one woman raising a phone.2018-03-05January 02 20122012-01-02A photograph inside a plain white-walled room with a ceiling fan, showing a ritual before a white statue of a seated deity murti dressed in orange cloth, blue and gold wrap, and yellow and red flower garlands. In the centre a bare-chested man in an orange dhoti wears long layered garlands of red, white and yellow flowers and raises one hand in blessing. Around him stand robed men in orange and white, one holding a brass plate of yellow flowers, and a bald priest in orange at the right. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha-like vessel, flower offerings and scattered petals lie on the floor. Several onlookers in white shirts and dhotis, a boy and a young girl with flowers stand at the back and sides, with hands folded in respect.2012-01-02A photograph inside a plain whitewashed hall with a ceiling fan and framed picture on the wall. A tall figure with long dark hair wearing an orange saffron robe and a long white and red flower garland stands at centre, extending his hands toward a garlanded deity murti or sacred object draped in a maroon cloth with gold border and white jasmine garlands, placed on a low table. A bald man in orange robe and rudraksha beads stands at left, and a seated man in orange clothing sits near the centre-bottom. A young boy in a yellow garment with a red flower garland stands behind, and several men in white shirts and dhotis stand or lean around the altar, one photographing with a camera. Only the tall figure's appearance is a probable match for a person, given long swept hair, orange robe and garland; the scene shows abhishekam or puja to a deity form under a shrouded cloth.2010-07-21January 02 20122012-01-02May 01 20152015-05-01