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A shaved-headed priest in a rust-red robe with a gold border stands with his back to the camera, raising a large multi-tiered lamp of burning flames before a golden throne. Two painted dvarapala guardian figures with crowns and raised arms flank the doorway, and gold oil lamps stand at the sides. Seated figures in red and orange cloth are at the lower left and centre, and a dark curtain strung with small lights hangs behind the throne. The scene suggests an aarti before a seated figure on a peetha. The seated figure on the throne is not clearly identifiable from appearance.

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December 03 20142014-12-03November 28 20142014-11-28October 06 20142014-10-06Photograph inside a temple sanctum during a lamp offering. In the foreground a shaven-headed man with bare upper body, wearing a maroon-red and gold-bordered dhoti-style cloth and a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace, holds a tall silver multi-tiered lamp stand with many lit flames. Beyond him, a white-clad woman and several saffron-robed devotees sit facing a shrine. At the centre is a seated figure on a gold ornate throne, draped in red. Flanking the shrine are two tall painted guardian figures with raised arms holding weapons, in orange and green. Small oil lamps and strings of lights decorate the scene.2014-11-11A photograph of a shaved-headed priest seen from behind, wearing a maroon robe with a gold border and a dark rudraksha mala, holding up a brass multi-wick aarti lamp with several lit flames in front of a golden deity murti. Two painted guardian figures flank the doorway, each with multiple arms, crowns, gold necklaces and red and green dhotis. Strings of small golden lights hang across the dark shrine doorway. The scene reads as an aarti during puja in a temple.2014-11-07A photograph inside a temple hall with painted pillars and a red floor. A shaven-headed priest in a rust-orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads raises a tiered brass aarti lamp toward a shrine doorway flanked by two painted dvarapala guardian figures holding maces. Two seated attendants in white dhotis sit on the left, and another orange-clad figure appears at the back. Brass oil lamps line the walls. The priest's face is not visible from behind, so no identity is asserted; the scene shows aarti before a shrine.2014-04-04October 06 20142014-10-06October 29 20132013-10-29 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple hall showing a shaved-headed priest in a rust-orange cloth and rudraksha malas raising a tiered brass aarti lamp with lit flames toward a shrine. Beside him a younger man in white ritual dress sits on red carpet. Painted pillars flank the shrine with two standing deity figures in orange and green garments holding ritual objects. Brass oil lamps line the sides and a framed portrait sits in the shrine. Several other people in orange robes sit in the background, so the scene reads as an aarti in progress.2014-04-04October 06 20142014-10-06June 01 20142014-06-01Inside a temple shrine, a seated figure in a red-brown wrap and red turban sits on an ornate gold throne with a rudraksha mala, raising one hand in blessing, while a kneeling devotee in orange robes bends toward the throne. In the foreground, a priest with a shaved head and an orange-and-cream shawl holds a lit multi-tiered brass lamp aloft during aarti. Flanking the entrance are painted stucco guardian figures with multiple arms, gold crowns and jewellery, and hanging strands of black beads and small brass bells frame the doorway. A pedestal lamp stands at the right edge.2014-11-26