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A woman in a maroon sari with a green and yellow garland and gold bangles holds a brass aarti plate with a lit oil flame and red and white offerings toward a deity murti inside a small stone shrine lit from above. A man with bare head and glasses wears an orange robe and stands with palms joined in prayer beside her. A hanging brass oil lamp and chain hang at the right edge, and the murti is decorated with flower garlands.

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A woman seen from behind, wearing a red-orange saree draped over her shoulder, a green leaf garland around her neck, rudraksha beads, and a red-orange rudraksha bead bracelet, holds a lit oil lamp on a brass plate with red and white kumkum/vibhuti offerings while performing puja at a small shrine recess in a stone wall. Inside the niche stands a Shiva lingam wrapped in white cloth and decorated with marigold garlands, flanked by hanging chains and a brass lamp. The scene is dimly lit with the flame as the main light source.2014-07-01A woman seen from behind, wearing a rust-red cloth wrapped over her shoulder and a long garland of green leaves, pink and yellow flowers, performs aarti with a lit oil lamp on a brass plate holding red and white kumkum/vibhuti. She faces a small shrine niche with a green-robed deity murti decorated with flower garlands, set within a gilded arch. Chains hang from the low stone ceiling on both sides, and a partial figure of another person stands at the right edge.2014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesPhotograph inside a golden-framed shrine niche with marble walls. A bald elderly man with a white forehead marking, a dark rudraksha mala, gold armlets and a gold-trimmed red-orange dhoti and shawl stands at left, bare-chested, gesturing toward the shrine. At right, a younger man in white dhoti and white shawl, with a beaded bracelet, holds a brass plate and lamp toward a dark stone deity murti dressed in white cloth, flower garlands and a pink flower. Two lit oil lamps stand on the altar, and a yellow cloth backs the niche. A partial figure in white is visible at far left edge.2012-05-11March 01 20182018-03-01September 18 20062006-09-18June 02 20122012-06-02March 01 20182018-03-01 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesMarch 01 20182018-03-01