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Night temple ritual on a raised stage in a pillared hall with a painted mandapa backdrop and a red-and-yellow cloth canopy overhead. A priest with bare upper body and white dhoti holds a lit camphor flame aloft beside a silver vahana-style animal figure draped with green and red cloth. Several men in white dhotis stand with joined palms in devotion, and a priest in saffron cloth with tripundra marks stands at right beside a bare-chested man in white. A brass oil lamp rests on the stage floor, and a framed painting of deities hangs on the wall.

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June 05 20122012-06-05A photograph inside a temple hall showing a priest performing aarti with a lit camphor flame on a decorated silver palanquin-like vehicle draped with a green cloth and red garlands, beside a silver bull-shaped figure. The priest is bare-chested with a white dhoti and green cloth at the waist. A brass oil lamp stands on the floor, and a seated child and a woman in red clothing with a forehead mark watch at the right. Behind them is a tiered altar with coloured steps and a framed painted panel of deity figures, with carved pillars and a dim hall. A partly visible figure stands at the far left. No clearly identifiable a person is visible.2012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05A dim temple hall with painted pillars and a shrine niche holding a framed painting of deities. In the foreground left, a bare-chested man in a white cloth tends a lit oil lamp on a silver-colored stand beside a decorated deity figure garlanded with flowers. A brass standing lamp stands in the centre. On the right, a bearded man in a white cloth and a seated person in a yellow-and-white wrap sit on the floor with hands folded in prayer. The scene suggests a puja or aarti in a South Indian temple.2012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05A photograph of a temple ritual before a garlanded deity shrine. A bare-chested priest in an orange-and-white dhoti stands at center, extending his arm toward a brass tray of fruit and flowers placed on a covered altar. Behind him, a seated white-bearded man with folded hands and a bare-chested man in white dhoti look on. Large murtis with flower garlands, one holding a sword, stand in the background beside a maroon-clad figure. Brass lamps, a kalasha-style vessel and bells line the right side, and a fire glows at the base of the altar. Rows of devotees with folded hands and raised palms fill the lower foreground, and a few hold phones.2016-12-07A photograph inside a temple hall with tiered colourful steps and carved pillars beneath a painted panel showing deities. On the left, a priest in white dhoti and bare torso leans toward an oil lamp on a brass stand near two decorated figures garlanded with white flowers. A brass oil lamp stands on the floor in the centre. In the lower right, a seated man in an orange-and-red garment with a shaved head and folded hands sits beside a young seated child in a yellow-green garment. A bare-chested man in white stands at the far right edge. Several figures are partially visible.2012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05A temple sanctum photographed in low warm light. On the left, a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a green cloth tied at the waist raises a lit lamp with multiple flames toward a silver processional vahana-style figure carrying two garlanded deity murtis, one draped in green and red. A brass standing oil lamp stands on the floor in the centre. In the lower right, a seated devotee in a patterned shirt faces left toward an older man with a vertical white forehead mark and a red-and-orange garment, who is seated beside him. A painted framed image of deities hangs in the background niche above a multi-coloured stepped altar, with carved pillars and a painted ceiling frieze behind. Hands hold ritual vessels near the figure's base. The scene shows an evening aarti in a temple.2012-06-05December 07 20162016-12-07 +1 copiesDecember 07 20162016-12-07Ritual scene in a decorated temple-style pavilion with a purple-lit ceiling. On a golden throne at the back, a seated figure with folded hands sits under a golden canopy framed by a garland arch, with a ceremonial staff nearby. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti and a green-gold turban with a garland stands holding a brass ritual lamp, while a bare-chested priest in a purple-bordered dhoti with garlands raises his hand toward a decorated deity palanquin with green and gold drapery. A bare-chested man in front of a fire pit feeds an open flame; brass ritual vessels and offerings lie on a mat, and rose petals are scattered on the floor. Two seated devotees are visible at the bottom edge. Appearance of the seated throne figure is not clear enough to confirm identity.2015-10-18