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A photograph of a black stone deity murti with a trident and a red and gold draped garment, wearing flower garlands in green and white. In the lower left, a man in an orange shawl with his back to the camera holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp before the murti. On the right edge, a person in white clothing stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. The scene is a temple shrine with a small brass vessel on the floor.

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A photograph inside a shrine: a dark stone deity murti with a cobra hood overhead, draped in a red-and-gold sari and garlanded with white and green flowers, with a trident-like staff beside it. In the foreground, a person in a saffron-orange robe with long dark hair stands with their back to the camera, facing the deity. To the right, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. A small oil lamp glows at the base of the murti, and a faint haze lies over the scene. Walls are pale marble-look tile.2005-07-24July 24 20052005-07-24July 24 20052005-07-24July 24 20052005-07-24March 29 20092009-03-29 +1 copiesSeptember 29 20062006-09-29July 24 20052005-07-24Photograph inside a temple shrine room with a cream tiled floor and pale curtains. A person with long dark hair in an orange-red sari-style garment holds a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame toward a decorated deity murti. The deity is dark-skinned, wearing a gold crown, a red and orange silk cloth, layered gold necklaces with coin-like pendants, and red and white flower garlands. A white marble murti stands beside it, and brass kalasha-style vessels and a brass oil lamp sit on the floor. A patterned orange and blue cloth hangs on the right. Another orange-clad figure is partly visible at the left edge. The scene suggests a puja or aarti being performed.2009-03-29A dark stone deity murti of a goddess stands in a shrine niche, draped in a red sari with a green and gold border and wrapped in a green shawl. White and pink flower garlands hang across her shoulders and chest, and a small red bindi marks her forehead. In the foreground a person's hand, partly blurred, holds a brass multi-wick oil lamp with three flames before the murti. Ornate gold-toned carved frames surround the niche, and a tall brass lamp stand with a lit flame stands at the right edge. No physical people are clearly identifiable apart from the blurred hand and a partial head at the left.2012-05-21March 29 20092009-03-29February 17 20162016-02-17 +1 copiesNovember 15 20072007-11-15