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Several saffron-robed monks stand in a covered courtyard before a brass oil lamp flame in the lower left, with a hanging orange cloth and red-and-white painted pillars behind them. The foreground monk in orange with glasses presses his palms together in anjali, and the monk beside him also has hands folded. A third monk in pale saffron stands further back, and an older bearded man in white dhoti and yellow shawl stands at the right edge. Garlands hang near the altar. The scene suggests a puja or aarti in progress.

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Photograph of a ritual scene in a plain white-walled hall with a corrugated roof and red-painted lower wall. Several men in saffron-orange robes stand in a row with palms pressed together in anjali mudra. The man at right, in saffron robes, raises a lit flame on a lamp toward a carved stone shrine at the right edge, decorated with a banana plant and a plate of red offerings. A tray of brass oil lamps and small offerings sits on red cloth at the lower left. Behind them, a small doorway shows a shrine with a decorated murti. Another person in white clothing stands at the back left.2009-10-15Photograph of a temple interior where a line of saffron-robed monks stands barefoot with palms pressed together in namaskar. Five or six men in orange garments face a carved stone shrine with a lit flame and a banana plant beside it. A man in the foreground holds a lamp or aarti flame toward the shrine. Brass oil lamps and a tray of offerings sit on a cloth at lower left, and a red curtain hangs in the background.2009-10-15Several seated men in saffron and maroon robes perform a pada puja in a bright hall, hands pressed in anjali and white tripundra marks on their foreheads and arms. The bald man in front wears thin-rimmed glasses and a long rudraksha mala with an orange shawl. Brass oil lamps, small bowls and a red cloth with offerings lie on the floor beside them.2013-04-05 +1 copiesDevotees stand in a line outside a shrine under a corrugated metal roof, hands folded in prayer and facing a red-curtained shrine hung with marigold garlands. In front, a bald monk in a salmon-pink shawl stands with his back to the camera, while a bearded man in a brown robe and a man in a white shirt with an orange bag stand beside him. To the right, saffron-clad sannyasis and a man in white with a red-and-orange turban join in worship. Whitewashed walls, orange cloth hangings and framed pictures line the background, and a palm tree shows beyond the roof.2009-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30September 12 20112011-09-12 +1 copiesJune 11 20142014-06-11September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesOutdoor photo at dusk under large trees. A bald, older man in orange robes leans forward, holding a lit oil lamp or flame in a brass vessel, with a white-robed man in a yellow shawl beside him with hands folded in prayer. Another man in orange robes with long hair and a beaded mala stands behind and to the right, and a partially visible man in orange at the left edge has hands pressed together. A stone wall, pillars and greenery form the background.2009-10-15October 10 20112011-10-10October 19 20132013-10-19October 15 20112011-10-15