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A seated priest in an orange-red dhoti and bare chest, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold bangles, performs a puja at a shrine before three gilded deity murtis draped in jasmine and rose garlands. The central figure is a standing deity murti in white dhoti with a crown, flanked by two murtis with crowns, ornate jewellery and red garments. In front of them is a large Spatika linga covered in white jasmine garlands and pink rose petals. The priest holds a silver bell and lamp, and a yellow silk cloth covers the altar.

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A photograph inside a temple shrine where a seated priest in orange-red robes and rudraksha mala performs a ritual before a clear crystal linga covered with white and pink flower garlands. Behind it stand three gold-toned deity murtis, a central figure in a tall crown with white and gold dhoti, flanked by figures in red and gold attire, all decorated with marigold and jasmine garlands. The priest holds a brass vessel and offers ritual items beside an oil lamp lit in front of the linga, while a second attendant in orange holds a silver bowl of pink petals. The walls are terracotta-toned tile and a gold-framed arch surrounds the deities, with yellow silk draped on the altar.2014-06-30June 30 20142014-06-30A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a seated priest in a rust-orange dhoti and upper cloth with a rudraksha mala and bangles, ringing a handbell and holding an oil lamp toward three decorated deity figures on a gold-draped dais. The central figure wears a white dhoti, a tall crowned headdress and a jewelled necklace; the figures on either side wear red and gold garments, crowns and layered beaded necklaces. Garlands of white jasmine and red and pink flowers drape the figures, and a large mound of flowers and a pink cover sit before the dais with scattered petals on the tiled floor. A partly visible second person in orange is at the lower left edge. Figures are statues, not living people.2014-06-30A seated priest in an orange-red dhoti and shawl, with a white forehead mark and gold armlets, pours from a small silver vessel over a spatika linga draped in white and pink jasmine and red rose garlands at the centre of a temple shrine. Behind it stand three decorated deity murtis with crowns, flower garlands and gold-and-jewel adornments, flanked by a yellow satin cloth. A silver plate sits near the bottom left and a shallow silver vessel near the lower right. The room has plain tiled walls and floor scattered with petals.2014-06-30 +1 copiesA seated priest in orange-red robes with a rudraksha mala and bangles holds a bell in one hand and a flaming oil lamp sits before him on a yellow satin-draped altar. Behind it stand three gilded deity murtis, with a central figure in white and gold dhoti and crown flanked by two figures in red and gold, all garlanded with white jasmine and pink and red flowers. Pink and white flower heaps surround the base of the altar. A person partially visible at the lower left wears orange.2014-06-30June 30 20142014-06-30Photograph inside a temple shrine: a seated priest in saffron-red dhoti and shawl, with long swept-back hair, rudraksha-style beaded strands, a sandalwood tilak and gold armbands, lights an oil lamp with a flame held before a golden-yellow cloth-covered platform. Behind him three deity murtis stand in a gold arch, garlanded with white jasmine and red-pink flowers and wearing jewelled ornaments and crowns. A silver bowl of pink petals sits at lower left, and a small crystal linga is set among flower garlands at the centre foreground. A second person in orange sits partly visible at the left edge.2014-06-30A photograph of a shrine with three deity murtis set on a gold-draped platform framed by gold arches and garlanded with white jasmine and red-pink flowers. The central murti wears a tall crown and white dhoti; flanking figures wear red and gold garments. In front, a seated priest in a red-orange garment and kumkum on his forehead pours from a silver vessel onto a white flower-covered spatika linga, with incense smoke rising. Silver lamps stand at the right edge.2014-06-30Photograph inside a temple shrine of three deity murtis decorated with garlands of white jasmine and pink and red flowers, set before a gold arched backdrop and a yellow satin cloth. The central figure is a standing murti with a tall conical crown, a white dhoti with gold border and layered gold necklaces, flanked by two companion murtis in red and orange garments and jewellery. A large mound of pink and white flower garlands lies in front of the murtis on the floor. At left, a seated man in an orange-red garment with rudraksha beads and a bangle, palms pressed together in namaskar, with a sandalwood-marked forehead, faces the shrine; a second person in orange holds a silver bowl at lower left. The page identifies the setting as a Rudrabishekam at a Spatika Linga, but no linga is clearly visible.2014-06-30 +1 copiesJune 30 20142014-06-30June 30 20142014-06-30June 29 20142014-06-29 +2 copies