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Photograph of a temple-style puja at night, with a row of lit brass oil lamps (deepa stands) and garlanded deity murti on the left, draped in an orange and red cloth with flower garlands. Three young men in orange-saffron dhotis and bare torsos, with white tilaka and rudraksha malas, stand at right holding a copper vessel with a burning flame and a brass plate. A man in a white dhoti kneels at center, lighting small oil lamps. Several copper bowls filled with yellow liquid and a woven basket sit on the floor in front. Fairy lights and hanging lamps illuminate the hall.

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A dim temple interior during a Karthigai Deepam ritual. Left, a decorated deity murti is draped in orange and red cloth and garlanded with yellow, white, purple and red flowers, with tall brass oil lamps lit before it. A kneeling person in a white dhoti and bare chest arranges small clay pots of oil with lit wicks on a cloth. Standing right, a man in an orange dhoti and bare chest holds a brass bowl with a burning flame, while another person in a maroon cloth stands beside him holding a pot. Lamps glow throughout the scene; the photo is taken from a close, low angle. Three physical people are visible.2017-12-02A night aarti at a temple shrine lit by many brass oil lamps. On the left, a deity murti is dressed in orange and red cloth, with a silver crown, a red and orange garland and a large yellow and white flower garland. In the centre, a shaven-headed priest in orange robes with white tripundra marks holds a large brass plate of flame near the murti, while another bare-chested priest in orange wraps and rudraksha mala beside him holds a plate with a bowl of oil. A third priest in a maroon shawl, bare-chested with a rudraksha mala, stands at right holding a bowl of yellow liquid, and a younger attendant in white stands at the far right. A woman in a white sari kneels at lower left, bent forward at the kalasha-like bowls of yellow turmeric paste arranged on a mat, with decorated brass lamps and garlands framing the scene.2017-12-02May 12 20122012-05-12January 03 20152015-01-03May 12 20122012-05-12Indoor temple ritual in warm lamplight. An elderly bare-chested man with a shaved head, white tilak and a dark rudraksha mala stands at a shrine, hands extended toward a flame in a small lamp on a silver stand. Beside him a younger person in red-orange garment with gold border and a dark bead headband and armlets stands close. On the right a man in white dhoti and shawl holds a brass plate and lifts an offering. The shrine holds a golden nataraja figure, flower garlands, a golden canopy and a silver kalasha-style vessel, with brass bowls below. Orange lights line the arch behind.2012-05-14 +1 copiesMay 08 20122012-05-08A dim temple interior during a homa fire ritual beside a silver-decorated deity murti garlanded with yellow and red flower strands. In the foreground a fire burns in a brass vessel holding halved coconuts and fruit. Behind it, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti and sacred thread stands at the deity's side, and another priest in white attends nearby. A seated figure in a dark garment with a tilaka on the forehead watches the fire. An orange-robed person sits at the lower left edge, partly visible. A tube light and a lamp light the scene.2011-11-29Night-time temple ritual photo. In the foreground a man with a white-and-gold floral garland, orange-red shawl, gold armlet and forehead ornament faces right, his face lit by a lamp. Behind him a man in an orange garment and white-and-gold garland stands beside a bare-chested priest with a bow of sacred ash on his forehead. A priest in a red-and-orange shawl and white dhoti holds a brass tray with a flaming oil lamp, while another priest on the right holds a metal plate. Onlookers in white shirts stand in the background near a carved stone wall and metal grille. The setting suggests an aarti or puja at a temple shrine.2012-06-05March 02 20182018-03-02May 13 20122012-05-13 +1 copiesA photograph of a dimly lit shrine interior where a priest in an orange-red garment stands before a deity murti draped in red and white cloth and garlanded, lit by a flame held over it. Two oil lamps with glowing wicks are mounted on the wall behind the murti. Several people stand in the foreground: a figure on the left wears orange robes and a beaded necklace, another in a rust-coloured shawl with gold border and bangles stands beside him, and a man on the right has a bare back and wears a white dhoti with a dark border, with an orange cloth on his shoulder at the far right edge. A small offering plate sits on the platform in front of the murti. Pujari-style ritual in progress.2012-05-18 +1 copies