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Night photograph of two sculpted deity murti seated side by side, decorated with green and orange marigold garlands, silver crown-like headdress, and draped red and white cloth. A brass oil lamp with a lit flame stands at left, and dark leaves and flower petals are scattered on the ground. No physical people are visible; the figures are statues. Blue and green stage lighting tints the scene.

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December 11 20152015-12-11 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual scene lit in blue and purple tones. On the left, a draped magenta-and-pink altar table holds a deity murti adorned with green and white garlands and a silver crown, beside a lit silver oil lamp and a plate of flowers. On the right, a bare-chested man in a saffron-yellow dhoti sits on the ground facing the altar, with a rudraksha mala around his neck, surrounded by brass vessels, a bowl of fruit and a bottle. Another person in white clothing is partially visible behind him. Grass and dark foliage form the setting.2015-12-11August 12 20162016-08-12December 11 20152015-12-11September 24 20172017-09-24 +2 copiesDecember 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11December 11 20152015-12-11July 17 20132013-07-17August 12 20162016-08-12October 15 20102010-10-15A priest in a white dhoti with a light shawl and a blue-green headcloth performs aarti with a flaming oil lamp before a decorated deity murti on a red-draped altar. The altar is heavily garlanded with red roses, white jasmine and yellow and green foliage. Behind it, two standing deity figures in silver and gold ornaments stand within a garland-festooned shrine lit by warm light, and smoke drifts across the foreground. No a person candidate is visible in the foreground; a partially visible figure at left edge is indistinct.2013-07-17