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A photograph of a temple shrine under a corrugated roof. A priest with a shaved head, wearing a white dhoti and a gold necklace, raises an oil lamp toward a gilded deity murti decorated with garlands of marigolds and red flowers. The shrine has a red-and-gold canopy, red curtains on the sides, and golden lamp stands. Above, a painted arched niche shows a two-figure deity with a bull in the niche above.

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Photograph of a temple shrine under a corrugated roof, with a stone structure framing a gilded arch and red curtains. Inside the arch stand two gold-decorated deity murti, one with a trident and garlands of marigolds and multicolour flowers, beside a consort figure. A shaven-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with a red border stands in the foreground facing the shrine. Above, a blue-painted niche shows a seated deity pair with raised hand, and white bulls and small attendant figures flank the top. Gold oil lamps stand on either side of the shrine.2010-10-01A photograph of a temple shrine with a golden arch framing a deity murti with red and blue garments, garlanded with white and orange flower strands, and a smaller figure in a golden niche at right. In the foreground, a figure in white dhoti raises a lit oil lamp or fire vessel with an outstretched arm. Below, a bare-chested man in a white cloth sits on the steps, holding a wooden implement near his head. Grey carved stone pillars and a red curtain frame the shrine, with brass and offering vessels on the platform.2013-12-06A photograph of a shrine at an outdoor temple structure with grey stone pillars and a gold-framed arch. A priest in a white dhoti and shawl, seen from behind, raises a brass lamp with flaming wicks toward the shrine. Inside, a pair of deity murti, one in red with a crown and garland, one in a blue sari-like garment, sit on a blue-draped platform with white and red flower garlands, brass vessels and a kalasha. A smaller standing figure in orange and gold stands at the right. This shows an aarti being performed before the deities.2013-12-06A priest in white dhoti and shawl, bare-armed and with a red thread on his wrist, waves a lit camphor or oil lamp before a shrine. Behind him a deity murti of a goddess in red and gold drapery sits within a gilded arch, adorned with white and red garlands, with a smaller figure in an alcove to the right. Brass ritual implements, a peacock-shaped object and a flat brass fan sit on a stone platform in the foreground. Stone pillars with carved panels frame the shrine, as in an outdoor temple.2013-12-07A priest in a white dhoti and shawl stands at the left edge, facing a shrine and waving a long white cloth or fan toward it. The shrine has an ornate gold arch, red and pink draped cloth, and gray stone pillars. At its center sits a deity murti of a seated figure with a crown and four arms, flanked by a second deity figure in blue and red garments. Garlands of white and orange flowers hang from the central murti. A smaller gilded figure stands at the right in orange cloth. Brass vessels and a lamp sit on the stone platform in front. No a person candidate is visible.2013-12-06A photograph of an outdoor temple shrine with a stone and gold-arched sanctum. A priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold border, seen from behind, raises a lit oil lamp toward the deities. Inside the shrine, a gilded deity murti with garlands sits before red drapes, with a smaller standing deity in a gold-framed niche to the right. Brass ritual implements and a small oil lamp lie on the stone platform in front. The shrine has carved pillars and a wooden ceiling. No one identifiable as a person is visible.2013-12-07December 06 20132013-12-06Evening arati at a temple shrine with a stone alcove. A shaven-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl stands at left, extending his arm toward a brass lamp stand as he performs the lamp offering. Before a gilded arched frame with red backdrop sit two deity murtis, one wearing a crown and holding a sword, with garlands of yellow and red flowers. A framed portrait of a man in orange robes wearing a rudraksha mala is placed in a gold frame with marigold garlands at lower left. Oil lamps and brass lamps stand on the ledge, and an orange curtain hangs at left.2010-10-04 +1 copiesOctober 01 20102010-10-01A photograph of a temple shrine with a man in a white dhoti and shawl raising a ritual implement. The shrine holds a golden-framed niche with a deity murti adorned with red and white garlands and draped in a red cloth, alongside a second figure in blue and pink robes and a smaller standing figure draped in orange cloth. Brass oil lamps, a brass plate and a kalasha-like vessel sit on the stone platform in front. The man's wrist bears a red thread.2013-12-06April 01 20122012-04-01 +1 copiesA shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti with an orange-bordered shawl and orange waist cloth stands bare-chested at right, raising a lit camphor flame on a silver aarti lamp toward a shrine. Smoke rises from the flame. Before him, on a red-fronted altar with a brass plate, stands a stone shrine with an arched golden frame and orange and red drapes holding deity murtis, including a seated figure and a standing consort. A small red-clad figure stands in an adjacent niche. A silver vessel sits on a carved wooden stand at left, and a stone Nandi bull is visible on the roof ledge.2011-10-04