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Photograph inside a temple shrine. A standing man with long dark hair, wearing a rust-orange wrap and bare shoulder, faces a shrine in profile and stands with hands folded in prayer beside a tall brass oil lamp (aarti/deepa) with a lit flame. In front is a stone platform with scattered flower petals and a shrine with a standing statue of a saint in a red-orange turban, red robe and white beaded necklace, flanked by seated figures in teal and cream garments; the statue is garlanded with multicoloured flower strands in red, yellow, purple and white. Grey carved stone pillars and pink and gold drapery frame the scene.

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A man in an orange-red sleeveless garment with long dark hair tied back stands with folded hands before a shrine, facing a golden statue of a bearded saint wearing an orange turban and a white beaded necklace, draped in a garland of red, orange, yellow and purple flowers. Beside the statue sit two smaller painted figures in blue and white. A tall brass oil lamp with a lit flame stands at the right, and marigold petals and flowers are scattered on the stone platform. Carved grey stone pillars and a pink curtain frame the shrine.2017-09-11September 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20172017-09-11September 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20172017-09-11September 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesInterior of a temple shrine at night with a brass standing lamp (deepa) lit on the right beside a stone pillar. In the centre, a figure in a rust-red robe and matching turban stands with hands joined before a garlanded deity murti flanked by flower garlands in red, yellow, purple and white. Smaller painted and gilded figures sit on silver-legged stands in front. A devotee in a red-orange cloth, seen from behind at the right edge, faces the shrine with hands folded. The ritual setting appears to be a puja or aarti at the shrine.2017-09-11Interior of a temple shrine with a standing figure in a rust-red and maroon-brown robe and a matching red turban, adorned with a white beaded necklace, flanked by floral garlands in red, yellow, purple and green. Nearby, a seated deity murti in gold crown and jewellery sits beside a silver-bordered shrine and small blue-dressed figures on silver stands, with petals scattered on the stone floor. On the right, a brass oil lamp with a lit flame stands beside a standing man in an orange-red garment, his head bowed and hands folded in prayer. The scene suggests puja at a shrine, with no prominent crowd present.2017-09-11 +1 copies