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A dark stone deity murti with a red bindi-like mark on its forehead is dressed in a magenta sari, a white and green-bordered shawl, and layered garlands of white jasmine, yellow marigold and pink flowers. Shallow oil lamps burn in brass stands on the right, and a shirtless priest in a white dhoti stands at left, his hand touching the garland while holding a small folded paper or offering in his other hand. The setting is a temple with an ornate golden arched frame behind the murti.

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A dark stone deity murti of a goddess stands in a shrine niche, draped in a red sari with a green and gold border and wrapped in a green shawl. White and pink flower garlands hang across her shoulders and chest, and a small red bindi marks her forehead. In the foreground a person's hand, partly blurred, holds a brass multi-wick oil lamp with three flames before the murti. Ornate gold-toned carved frames surround the niche, and a tall brass lamp stand with a lit flame stands at the right edge. No physical people are clearly identifiable apart from the blurred hand and a partial head at the left.2012-05-21May 18 20122012-05-18 +1 copiesClose view of a temple worship scene in which a bare-shouldered priest holds a brass multi-wick oil lamp with several tall flames over a black Shiva lingam draped in red and gold cloth and garlanded with white jasmine and orange-pink flowers. A smaller brass oil lamp burns to the right, and a golden ornate arch frames the shrine behind. A circular red-and-gold light fixture hangs above. The priest's clothing is an orange-red cloth wrap and the lamp is being offered in aarti. The image is a photograph of an abhishekam-style lamp offering.2012-05-18 +1 copiesMay 18 20122012-05-18 +1 copiesMay 18 20122012-05-18 +1 copiesA bare-chested man with wet, slicked-back hair and a dark rudraksha mala bends forward at right to tend a silver-clad lingam in a dim temple shrine. The lingam, draped with a red and gold silk garment and white-and-red bordered cloth, wears silver arms and a silver crown-like covering, with flower garlands around it. Lit oil lamps and a gilded arch surround the sanctum, and a golden pedestal sits below. The man holds a fibrous ritual object in one hand. Visible text on the image reads Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, and , but these copyright marks are not reproduced here2012-05-16 +1 copiesA photograph inside a dim stone shrine of a black deity murti draped in a red sari-like cloth with gold borders, adorned with white jasmine and yellow and pink flower garlands, a silver forehead band and a large circular flame-shaped halo behind its head. A priest with bare upper body and white dhoti stands at left holding a brass lamp with a large flame, while another person in white cloth stands at right with hands folded near a handheld camera filming the scene. A small oil lamp burns on a ledge at right, and a large round brass plate hangs on the wall behind.2012-05-18 +1 copiesA bare-chested temple priest in a dhoti with a red-orange waist cloth and a rudraksha-style necklace leans in close to a dark stone deity murti wrapped in a red cloth and draped with pink and white flower garlands and a green gold-bordered shawl. The murti has a white flower crown and a red tilak mark on its forehead, and a golden carved arch frames the niche. The priest's arm extends toward the murti. Only the priest is a visible person.2012-05-21May 18 20122012-05-18 +1 copiesMay 16 20122012-05-16May 21 20122012-05-21May 16 20122012-05-16 +1 copies