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Photograph of a temple ritual inside a stone-pillared shrine hall. Before a large golden deity murti adorned with red and white garlands, a man in an orange robe stands at left, while a man in a pale blue shirt and another in white dhoti hold a white cloth draped over a gilded platform. A seated priest in orange and red shawl sits at lower right beside brass plates of yellow and red flowers, a bell, a kalasha and small oil lamps. A small orange-robed figure sits in front of the deity. Brass lamps stand along the shrine.

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A temple shrine scene with a golden deity murti of a goddess with trident and crown, garlanded with yellow and red flower strands, seated in an arched gold niche with a red backdrop. Four men attend a gold palanquin-like bed draped in white cloth: a man in orange robes on the left, a man in a white shirt bending over the cloth, and a man in white dhoti and shirt holding the cloth edge. In the foreground a seated man in orange and red robes sits beside brass plates of flowers, a kalasha pot, a bell, lamps and green leaves. Brass lamps line the pillars. Other orange-robed figures stand at the edges. This appears to be an abhishekam or ritual preparation at a temple.2010-07-21A temple abhishekam scene in a shrine courtyard with an orange-painted wall and red-and-white striped pillar. A bearded man in a red-and-orange robe with a gold-bordered shawl sits cross-legged on a wooden seat at right, hands raised, facing a golden bed draped with a white cloth that two orange-robed men and a bare-chested man in white dhoti hold and lift. Another orange-robed man sits at left with palms open, and a standing man in orange dhoti and shawl stands near brass pots. Brass kalashas, oil lamps, silver bowls, plates of marigolds, red flowers and green leaves are arranged on the floor, and a deity murti with garlands and a white cloth stands in the shrine at top right.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A temple shrine with a stone and gold-trimmed canopy, orange curtains and a deity murti on a golden pedestal, its figures adorned with yellow and red garlands. Several men in saffron-orange robes stand and kneel around a gold-framed platform, two of them holding a white cloth draped over it. A seated priest in orange and a red shawl joins his palms beside brass kalasha vessels, a plate of flowers, and oil lamps in the foreground. The scene suggests an abhishekam ritual being prepared at the shrine.2010-07-21A photograph inside a stone-pillared temple shrine with a golden arch framing a deity murti adorned with white and yellow garlands, its crown and trident visible. A seated man in a red and gold shawl with orange dhoti sits on a low wooden seat with palms pressed together before a golden tray with green leaves. Two men in orange sit on the left and bottom, one with hands clasped in his lap. A standing man in an orange dhoti with glasses and a standing man in white dhoti and shirt press palms together to the right. Brass pots, oil lamps, fruit, coconut and flowers are arranged on the floor, and orange cloth hangs from the left pillars.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21A temple shrine scene where a bare-chested man in orange dhoti and orange shawl stands at a golden abhishekam platform, bending forward over offerings. Behind him, a deity murti with a crown and garlands sits within an arched shrine niche with a red curtain. A man in white dhoti on the left pours or tends the rite, a seated man in orange with a rudraksha mala and garlands sits at left, and a man in red-orange shawl holds a microphone and folds his hands at right. Brass lamps, a kalasha, flower plates with red and yellow blossoms, and a bell lie on the platform. Orange curtains frame the shrine.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21Photograph of a temple shrine ritual before a deity murti adorned with a crown, garlands of orange and yellow flowers and gold ornaments. On the right, a bald man in orange robes with dark glasses stands with hands together near a brass lamp stand and kalasha. A seated man in orange garments holds a lit brass oil lamp (aarti) before the deity, while a man in white dhoti and shawl with a yellow sash stands at left, another in white at centre back, and a further figure in white dhoti at the far left edge. Stone carved pillars, red railings and orange curtains frame the shrine, with a floral offering tray in the foreground.2010-07-21A temple abhishekam ritual at a shrine with a deity murti seated under an ornate arched canopy, garlanded with marigolds and red flowers, with brass lamps arranged on the stone platform. In the foreground a figure in orange robes with a white vibhuti marking on the forehead and a rudraksha mala pours liquid from a brass vessel over a golden ritual stand, while a man in white dhoti and a shawl pours from a brass pot nearby. A man in orange clothing sits with hands folded in anjali beside a golden tray holding garlands, bells, a conch-like vessel and plates of flowers and offerings. Orange curtains hang at the side, and other devotees in orange sit at the edges of the frame.2010-07-21