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A woman in a red shawl and leopard-print skirt stands at a silver-railed shrine, looking toward a silver deity murti whose face is garlanded with yellow marigolds and white flowers. Behind the murti is a purple cloth and a silver arched niche with carved inscriptions. A red donation box marked with Devanagari text sits in front of the railing, and an oil lamp glows at the left edge. The scene suggests darshan at a temple shrine.

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May 19 20142014-05-19A photograph inside a temple shrine. A man in a red-brown garment and a leopard-print lower wrap stands bare-shouldered on the right, holding a lit oil lamp in his right hand and a silver bell in his left, performing aarti before a deity murti. The murti is decorated with a dense garland of marigolds and white flowers, framed by a silver arch carved with ornate motifs. Beside him a second man in a white shirt watches. In the foreground are a brass vessel, a red donation box marked with Hindi text, a brass tray with rose petals, and a metal railing. Purple cloth hangs behind the shrine.2014-05-19May 19 20142014-05-19A photograph inside a shrine with silver-embossed walls and arches. A large silver-faced deity murti with a red-tinted face is covered in a dense garland of orange and yellow marigolds with white flowers and green leaves, set before a purple cloth. A man in a maroon robe with a black beaded garment and a gold-beaded necklace reaches out to touch the garland, while a silver trident stands in the foreground. A brass lamp with a lit flame sits at the lower left, and another person wearing a red shawl appears at the right edge. Pale rose and pink petals are scattered over the murti.2014-05-19May 19 20142014-05-19A photograph inside a silver-framed shrine in a temple, where a deity murti with a silver face is adorned with a large garland of white and orange marigolds and a purple cloth backdrop. A brass oil lamp with a visible flame sits at the lower left, and a silver trident stands at right. A person in a red-orange garment with a gold necklace and gold bangles, hands folded in namaskar, bows in front of the shrine as a devotee at right looks on. The silver wall above carries an engraved Sanskrit inscription.2014-05-19Photograph inside a silver-walled shrine where a deity murti is adorned with marigold and white flower garlands in front of a purple cloth backdrop. A bare-chested figure with swept-back long hair, rudraksha mala and gold necklaces, wearing a red-and-orange wrap and leopard-print skirt, holds a lit oil lamp toward the murti while ringing a handbell. Behind, a man in a light shirt and several devotees with folded hands stand close by, some women in red and a man in white. Rose petals lie in a metal donation box and on a tray; a brass vessel sits at left. a person cues: long swept-back hair, ornate gold jewellery and rudraksha mala. The aarti is conducted by this figure at the shrine.2014-05-19Photograph inside a temple shrine with an ornate silver-covered arch framing a silver deity murti decorated with a large garland of yellow marigolds and white flowers, set before a purple cloth backdrop. A brass oil lamp with a lit flame stands in the foreground beside a metal railing and a small metal donation box. On the right, a person in a red-orange garment with a dark braided hairstyle, tilak on the forehead, a gold necklace and a silver ritual vessel leans toward the shrine. Behind, a man in a light blue shirt stands near the pillar.2014-05-19A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a silver-framed deity murti, its face partly visible, almost entirely covered in a heaped garland of orange marigolds and white flowers, set against a purple cloth draped below. A bare-chested man in a red-orange cloth stands at right, wearing a long rudraksha-style mala with gold beads and a gold earring, a trident-like staff held in his hand near a silver offering vessel. Behind him a seated devotee in a light blue shirt and a woman in a dark outfit look toward the shrine. A brass lamp with a flame sits at lower left beside a metal railing and a donation box.2014-05-19May 19 20142014-05-19May 19 20142014-05-19A photograph inside a temple shrine. On the left, a deity murti with a white face is heavily garlanded with yellow and white marigold flowers and green leaves, set against a purple cloth with gold trim. In the centre, a man in a pale blue shirt stands behind a silver railing. On the right, a figure in a red-orange garment with a leopard-print lower cloth, a black rudraksha mala and gold ornaments, wearing gold bangles, touches the forehead near a streak of tilak. A silver trishul-topped ritual implement stands at the right edge. The setting is a white marble shrine with carved arches.2014-05-19