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A person seen from behind stands in a narrow whitewashed corridor before a barred wooden gate that opens onto a small shrine with a carved wooden canopy and a framed deity image inside. The person has dark hair tied up with a green and white garland, wears a maroon upper garment and a maroon waist cloth with gold borders, and has gold armlets and bangles. A rolled bundle of cloth sits on a ledge at left, and a small framed poster hangs on the left wall. The scene is a temple darshan at the shrine.

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July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01A woman in a maroon sari with a gold border and a green-and-yellow flower garland stands with palms pressed together in namaste before a small shrine in a whitewashed room. The shrine has a yellow-ochre multi-tiered canopy with pillars, and inside it a dark stone murti of Dakshinamurthy, seated and garlanded with marigolds and green leaves. A framed picture and a small devotional image sit at the base. A man in an orange-saffron robe and glasses stands at right, hands folded in prayer, facing the shrine. A bamboo mat leans against the left wall. The yellow sign above the shrine reads in Tamil that it is Sri Dakshinamurthy Swamigal's shrine.2014-07-01January 30 20142014-01-30July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01A 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 photograph inside a narrow whitewashed corridor of a temple or shrine, with a metal grille gate and a wooden framed doorway behind it. A man in a saffron-orange robe and orange shawl, with glasses and a wristband, walks forward with his right hand raised in gesture while people gather around him. A woman in a dark red-maroon sari with orange-gold border wears a garland of pink and white flowers and a bindi. On the left, a bearded man with a topknot, bare chest, rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and white dhoti stands with arms folded. Another man in an orange-brown dhoti with ash marks and beaded necklace stands at right beside an ornate gilt-framed mirror. A white-clad man stands near the centre, and a religious picture with a garland hangs on the left wall.2014-07-01January 30 20142014-01-30May 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesA photograph of a man with long dreadlocked hair and a short beard standing in profile with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes closed in prayer. He wears a rust-red cloth wrapped around his waist and draped over his left shoulder, bare-chested, with rudraksha beads on his wrists and upper arm and a white marking on his forehead. In a plain whitewashed stone room he faces a small ornate brass shrine with a deity murti, garlanded with white and red flowers and pink and green garlands, and a small oil lamp hangs on the wall beside it.2018-03-01 +2 copiesA photograph of a bearded man with long dark dreadlocked hair standing at left in a dim stone room, palms pressed together in anjali mudra in front of his chest. He wears a rust-orange cloth wrapped around his body and bare-shouldered, with rudraksha beads on his arms and a rudraksha mala at his neck, and a white tilak on his forehead. Before the pale, weathered wall hangs a small oil lamp with a flame. At right, a carved wooden shrine frame stands draped with white and pink garlands and red roses, beside a small brass deity figure.2018-03-01