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A seated priest in a red-orange garment with a large black hair bun and a rudraksha mala and gold chain sits at the front of a shrine, working with white powder spread on the stone floor. Behind him, deity statues with gold crowns and silver garments stand before garlands of yellow marigolds and multicoloured flowers in arches. Another statue on the right wears a gold crown and marigold garland. Several attendants in red-orange robes with white-marked faces stand at left holding trays, and a rudraksha-wearing attendant gestures near the group. Stone walls and an ornate gold canopy frame the scene.

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March 07 20162016-03-07A photograph of a temple ritual at a shrine decorated with a multicoloured flower garland arch. A man with a large black turban and white ash smeared on his forehead and body sits cross-legged on the floor, wearing a red sannyasi-style wrap, a rudraksha mala and a gold necklace, and holds his hands in front of his chest. Behind him, deity murti are dressed and garlanded, including a golden-hued pair of figures with a crown and tall garlanded arch. Two standing attendants in red-brown dhotis and white ash are at left, one holding a tray. Pale powder. Identity of the seated man is uncertain from appearance alone.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07Photo of a temple puja inside a shrine with deity murtis draped in multicoloured garland arches of yellow, red, white and purple flowers. Two figures in the centre of the shrine: a seated man in a black turban-style hair bun, gold necklace, rudraksha mala and orange-red cloth, with white ash on his forehead and body and garlands, hands joined; a second priest in white ash and dark red garments sits at left handling a red tray. Another person in the lower right, white ash on the head, is partly visible. A small white figure stands on the platform, and a kalasha-like vessel sits near the front. The seated central figure is a person given the presentation cues of ornate gold necklace, rudraksha mala, and the ritual setting of a pratyaksha pada puja.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07A photograph inside a shrine during a puja. A central figure with a tall black swept-back hair style, rudraksha mala and gold necklace, wearing a red-orange garment and yellow-and-orange flower garland, sits with eyes closed and white ash markings on the body. Behind, golden deity murtis are garlanded with yellow, orange and multicoloured flower garlands, with a green canopy overhead. Two attendants in red and white ritual dress with white sacred markings sit nearby, one holding a tray.2016-03-07Photo inside a temple shrine during a ritual bathing and abhishekam. A central seated figure with a tall black turban and white forehead markings wears a red-orange dhoti, a gold necklace and a rudraksha mala, with a large yellow-and-red marigold garland, eyes closed. Two attendants in red-orange cloth with white ash on their foreheads and arms assist with white powder and offerings at the stone platform. Behind them stand golden deity murti with multicoloured flower garlands, and a bell hangs at the left. Several devotees in the foreground are partly visible.2016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07