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A workshop or storeroom interior where a person in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a red-orange wrap stands with back to camera, reaching toward a gilded deity murti with a trident-like staff and a gold-and-green garment. Beside it stand a smaller gold-adorned figure and a golden goddess statue in red sari with heavy gold necklaces. Men in white dhotis and shirts with folded hands and garlands stand behind, and a shaved-headed attendant in saffron-orange stands at left. Brass ritual items, wooden planks, and a fan are visible. The clothed figure with the wrap is not confidently identifiable from appearance, so the depicted person is uncertain.

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August 06 20142014-08-06A photograph inside a plain workshop-like room with a corrugated roof and bare block walls. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-red shawl over his shoulder and orange-and-gold striped cloth, reaches up to place a red flower or garland on a gold-coloured deity murti with a crown and ornate gold necklaces. Beside him a second deity figure holds a brass bowl. A bald man in an orange-and-gold striped garment stands with hands folded in namaste, and men in white dhotis and shirts with mala necklaces stand at the left. Gold statues, brass pots and framed pictures fill the background.2014-08-06August 06 20142014-08-06August 06 20142014-08-06A photograph inside a temple workshop or storeroom with a corrugated metal roof, fluorescent lights and breeze-block walls. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair wears a rust-orange and yellow robe and a deep red shawl, gesturing with an outstretched hand toward several gilded deity murtis. Behind him, men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with mala garlands, stand watching. Flower petals are scattered in the air and on the floor. On the right, bronze and gold-coloured deity murtis heavy with gold garlands sit on pedestals, and a gilded peetha or throne stands in the background. A small brass kalasha and ceremonial items rest on a cloth in front.2014-08-06August 06 20142014-08-06A photograph inside a ritual room at an ashram. In the foreground a person with long dark hair in a bun, wearing a maroon and gold striped garment and a long garland of yellow and pink flowers, stands before three metal deity murtis on a wall backdrop of gold tiles. The central murti is a standing figure with a tall crown, white dhoti, trident and rudraksha-style beads; a seated bronze figure in orange cloth stands beside it, and a female murti in green and red sari with a crown is on the right. To the left a red velvet and gold throne is empty, and a shaved-headed attendant in orange cloth with a white tilak stands beside it. Behind them a group of devotees in white and orange garments stand with hands folded in anjali. The person at the front appears to be performing a puja to the murtis.2014-06-28 +1 copiesAugust 06 20142014-08-06August 06 20142014-08-06August 06 20142014-08-06Inside a gilded hall, a shirtless priest with a rudraksha mala and orange dhoti holds a lit lamp before a large dark stone deity murti adorned with silver jewellery, a crown and a red-orange cloth. To the left, a shirtless man with matted hair and white body markings presses his palms together in prayer beside a man in a white dhoti and shirt. Another orange-clad attendant stands behind. Gold-painted pillars, a red-and-white striped carpet and a red curtain frame the shrine.2019-04-29August 06 20142014-08-06