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A photograph of a temple puja at a shrine. A man in a saffron-orange robe, bare-shouldered with a bald head and a gold bracelet, leans forward to touch a golden metal deity murti standing on a carved wooden stand with two smaller attendant figures in maroon garments. Behind him a priest in white dhoti with red border holds a brass aarti plate with a lit oil lamp. Above, a golden peetha/throne is draped with red cloth and garlanded with yellow and purple flower strings, with a seated figure in orange. Brass lamps and a small bowl sit on the platform.

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November 12 20102010-11-12A temple ritual photograph in which a young man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands bent forward, one hand raised over a gilded deity murti of a standing figure flanked by two smaller attendant figures on a carved wooden base. Garlands of yellow and purple flowers hang on the shrine behind. Behind the murti, a seated white statue wears an orange cloth and sits on a gold-trimmed throne beneath red drapery. Brass oil lamps stand along the stone platform, and a man in white dhoti holds a brass tray of offerings at left. Steel bowls sit on the wet stone floor. Carved stone walls frame the scene.2010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12 +1 copiesNovember 12 20102010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12A photograph of a ritual abhishekam at a temple shrine. A bald man in an orange saffron robe with a maroon-edged dhoti leans forward and pours or touches liquid onto a gilded deity murti standing on a carved wooden pedestal, flanked by two smaller gilded attendant figures. Behind them, an orange-robed figure and a man in white dhoti hold a brass tray and ritual vessels. Steel bowls sit on the wet floor, and garlands of yellow and purple flowers hang above a golden throne draped in red. The shrine has gold lamps and a carved stone wall.2010-11-12 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple shrine with a bronze deity murti of a standing figure with two attendants placed on a carved wooden stand before a red and gold shrine. A shaved-headed man in an orange saffron garment pours liquid from a brass vessel over the murti, while a second man in white dhoti with a gold necklace and rudraksha-like beads stands at the left with his hands joined. Brass lamps, garlands of orange and yellow flowers, a brass bowl and a red-brick platform sit in the foreground. Orange curtains frame the scene, with a large shrine behind holding deity figures draped in red and yellow garlands.2010-11-12A shaved-headed man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala and a gold bracelet, performs aarti with a silver lamp before a metal utsava murti standing on a small red-based pedestal. Two smaller saffron-clad attendant figurines flank the murti on a gold-trimmed wooden stand. Behind is a shrine with a large deity murti draped in yellow and orange cloth and garlanded with white flowers, with a red curtain and stone carvings on the right. The man is standing barefoot on a wet stone floor. The deity figures are sculpted, not living people, so the count is one physical person.2011-10-07A priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a gold beaded necklace and a gold pendant pours water from a silver vessel over a silver shivalinga on a red base, during an abhishekam at a temple courtyard. Behind him stand bronze deity murtis in orange cloth on a gilded ratha/chariot-style palanquin, with a stone temple gateway at right. Another man in white dhoti and gold-necklace stands in the background beside a woman in white and yellow, and a red-draped table with offerings sits at left.2011-10-07November 12 20102010-11-12