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A photograph inside a temple hall with painted wooden ceilings and red-and-orange columns hung with tassels. In the foreground stands a bare-chested older man with glasses and a rudraksha mala, wearing an orange upper cloth, a green and gold silk dhoti and a yellow sash, adjusting or offering something by a deity murti. The murti is heavily decorated with thick garlands of red, yellow and white flowers and green leaves, and wears a crown and ornate gold jewellery; a purple and gold embroidered cloth lies across it. Another decorated figure sits to the right, also garlanded. A seated person is partly visible at the lower left edge. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam.

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A photograph inside an ornate temple hall shows a bare-chested priest in a green and yellow dhoti and an orange shawl, wearing glasses and a gold bangle, raising his arm to adorn a large deity murti. The murti is heavily decorated with layered garlands of red, yellow, white and green flowers and leaves, and a gold and purple jewelled ornament. Elaborate painted ceiling panels, pillars with gold and colourful finials, and hanging yellow and blue tassels frame the scene. A man's arm is visible at the lower left edge. This appears to be a temple ritual of flower decoration on a murti.2012-04-05A bare-chested priest in an orange upper cloth and a green-and-red silk dhoti stands with his back to the camera before a richly decorated deity murti. The murti is adorned with a crown and layered garlands of red, yellow, white and green flowers, and a gold-toned canopy arches above. Brightly coloured pillars with red, yellow and blue tassels frame the shrine. Several devotees sit in the foreground, their heads visible at the bottom edge. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05A temple puja scene where a bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti and green sash stands at the centre, hands folded in devotion before a deity murti heavily decorated with garlands of red, yellow and white flowers. Beside him, a seated priest in a white dhoti tends to offerings and a brass vessel, while another priest kneels at the lower right, handling a small lamp. A large gilded deity figure stands to the left, also wrapped in flower garlands, under ornate gold and red pillars hung with tassels. Carved golden canopy arches and a hanging lamp frame the scene. A camera operator is visible at the right edge. Priests and their roles are visible; the central priest appearance does not clearly establish the identity claimed by the page, so no identity is asserted.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05A bald, bare-chested elderly priest with glasses and a rudraksha mala stands at a richly decorated altar, arranging red, orange, white and yellow flower garlands over deity murtis with gold crowns and ornaments. He wears a green and yellow silk dhoti with a saffron cloth over one shoulder. Behind him, a red and orange painted wooden pillar and an ornate painted ceiling frame the temple shrine, and sacred ash marks show on his forehead. The priest appears to be dressing or decorating the murtis as part of worship. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is established from appearance, so the figure is described by role only.2012-04-05A temple sanctum scene with a deity murti decorated with thick garlands of red, orange and yellow flowers, flanked by smaller murtis also draped in flower garlands. A bare-chested priest in an orange and green cloth stands at left, reaching toward the murtis, while a seated devotee in orange clothing sits in front. A man in a white shirt stands at left and a shirtless devotee stands at right near the front of the crowd of seated devotees. Ornate red and gold pillars, gold-tipped decorative finials and hanging lamps frame the shrine.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05A bare-chested priest in a green and yellow dhoti performs worship before a pair of bronze deity murtis adorned with a dense arrangement of red, orange, yellow and white flower garlands. The central murti wears a tall crown, jewelled necklaces and a red cloth, while a smaller murti with a crown stands to the right. The priest wears wire-rimmed glasses, a dark rudraksha mala, and gold bangles, and holds his hands over the figures in a gesture of offering. A gilded ornamental arch frames the shrine above, and a watermarked archive photograph shows the scene inside a temple.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05A bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti with a green and red silk waistband stands before large deity murti decorated with dense garlands of red, yellow, white and green flowers. He holds a white feather-like fan or chamara and gestures toward the deity. Two seated devotees with shaved heads sit in the lower left and centre, and a photographer's camera is visible at the right edge. Tall pillars with red, yellow and purple tassels frame the golden-hued temple hall, and small brass vessels are placed on the floor. The scene appears to be a puja or abhishekam. The priest wears a rudraksha-style necklace and an orange shawl over one shoulder.2012-04-05A temple shrine scene during a ritual worship. Two deity murtis are richly decorated with layered garlands of yellow, orange, red and white flowers and gold ornaments, seated before a colourful, gilded shrine canopy with red and yellow tassels. A bare-chested priest in a green-and-yellow dhoti stands centre-left, reaching toward the deities beside a red pillar, while a crowd of mostly bare-chested and white-clad devotees watches from the foreground, one holding a camera. Oil lamps and brass vessels sit near the deities.2012-04-05