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A dimly lit inner shrine viewed through a doorway. A bare-backed priest in a white dhoti with a yellow-and-green patterned waistband stands before a brass-fronted altar, facing an deity murti draped in cloth. A brass oil lamp burns at the right edge. On the left, two men in saffron-orange shawls wear rudraksha and bead malas, one with a beaded headband, watching the worship. A partially visible figure in saffron stands at the right, and the walls are yellow ochre. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person.

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Inside a dim stone shrine, a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a yellow-and-red patterned waist cloth stands with his back to the camera, reaching toward a deity murti or altar niche framed by blue-painted pillars. A brass-covered platform holds garlanded offerings and a green-and-white cloth. On the left, a man with a shaved head wears a red garment and a white bead mala and bangles. Another attendant is partly visible on the right. A brass oil lamp sits at the lower right of the altar.2012-05-18Photograph inside a dim temple sanctum: a shirtless priest in white dhoti bends over a shrine with a lit oil lamp, while another priest beside him holds his hands near the flame. In the foreground, two people in saffron-orange garments stand with their backs partly to the camera; the nearer one wears a rudraksha mala crossing the shoulder, a headband of beads and a large beaded necklace, the other a white and beaded necklace. A brass kalasha/pot is visible at the lower right edge, and a small lamp stands on the wall at right. No one is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; the figures in saffron are devotees or attendants.2012-05-18A temple puja in progress before a golden shrine niche with a small deity murti decorated with pink flowers and a gold kalasha-style ornament. An elderly man with a shaved head and white sandalwood markings on his arms and chest, wearing a rudraksha mala headband and rudraksha necklaces and bracelets, a gold necklace, and an orange-red dhoti with gold border, holds a small brass bell and performs the ritual, while a bare-chested attendant in a white dhoti stands at right holding a silver lamp stand, and a second orange-clad attendant with rudraksha bands on his arms stands at left. Lit oil lamps line the shrine arch. Appearance-based identity is not reliable enough here, so the elderly priest is described by role only.2012-05-13A temple sanctum interior during a lamp-lit worship. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in orange-saffron robes and a rudraksha mala stands with his back to the camera, watching. Beside him a woman in orange sari stands near a golden-draped deity murti with lit oil lamps around it. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a coloured border, and a second man in white dhoti, tend the shrine. A circular lamp glows in the doorway behind them, and a red-and-gold canopy edges the top left. Dark stone walls surround the scene.2012-05-29 +1 copiesMay 29 20122012-05-29 +1 copiesMay 18 20122012-05-18A photograph inside a dim, reddish-lit temple passage where several shaven-headed men in saffron/orange robes stand in a line facing a shrine. In the centre a bare-backed priest in white dhoti with a brown waist cloth stands before the sanctum, where oil lamps glow and a deity murti is seen. On the right, saffron-clad devotees with gold-trimmed shawls and garlands watch, and a brass plate sits at the edge of the frame.2012-05-18A warm, dimly lit temple doorway scene. In the foreground, a woman with hair in a bun and a rudraksha headband, wearing an orange sari and rudraksha malas, faces inward toward the shrine. Beside her, a bare-chested sannyasi in orange cloth with white beaded mala stands in attendance. In the center, a man in a white dhoti with a red border carries a lit oil lamp on a plate, performing aarti before the shrine. Another white-clad priest stands behind him near the sanctum entrance, and a brass lamp rests on the floor at right.2012-05-18A photograph inside a dim temple shrine doorway where priests perform a puja before a deity murti draped in red cloth. A bright ceremonial oil lamp with a circular flame arrangement is lit above the altar, with additional flames and lamps at the base. In the foreground, a man with a shaved head wears an orange saffron robe and a rudraksha-style bead necklace and stands with his back to the camera. Beside the altar, a figure in orange robes stands at the shrine. Three men on the right, bare-chested and wearing white dhotis with coloured borders, stand in attendance, one holding a brass vessel. Brass lamps and ritual implements sit on a ledge to the right. The room is dark with grey stone walls.2012-05-29 +1 copiesA photograph inside a dim stone shrine where a black lingam sits draped with red and white cloth and a golden yoni-base. A woman in an orange-saffron sari with a dark beaded necklace raises a lit camphor flame or lamp before the deity. Beside her a bald man in saffron stands with hands folded. At right an older bare-chested man in a red dhoti and a younger bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with an orange-edged cloth over his shoulder face the shrine. Brass oil lamps, a brass vessel and a tall brass lamp stand flank the scene, and a hose runs along the top of the doorway. Five people are visible, including partially visible figures at the edges.2012-05-29 +1 copiesMay 08 20122012-05-08May 09 20122012-05-09 +3 copies