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A photograph of a temple-style shrine room with red drapes and a golden carved screen at left. A foreground figure with shaved hair and bare upper body, wearing an orange cloth, raises a lit multi-flame oil lamp. Two men kneel in prayer at the shrine with white garments and white body markings, hands folded. A kneeling woman in a white sari with a red border also presses her palms together. A standing painted deity murti with a crown and golden jewellery stands in a niche, and gold lion figures and a brass kalasha-like vessel sit on the low platform. Lush leafy decorations hang above. The scene shows a puja or aarti in progress.

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A photograph inside a temple shrine with a golden-framed deity murti behind a bead-garlanded doorway and a red-and-gold canopy. In the foreground, a bare-backed priest in an orange dhoti and orange shawl, with white sacred markings on his back, stands facing the shrine and holds a tray with lit oil lamps. Two more people in orange cloth sit at a low ledge near the shrine, one reading or holding a sheet. A partially visible figure with dark hair occupies the left edge, and another head appears at the bottom. Painted pillars and a blue-green wall frame the scene, with golden carved panels on either side and trident-shaped rods beside the shrine. The scene shows a puja being performed before the deity.2017-08-04June 21 20172017-06-21May 07 20172017-05-07A photograph of an aarti ceremony in a temple-style hall with a red curtain and painted pillars flanked by gold ornamentation. In the foreground, a bare-chested priest in orange cloth raises a multi-tiered lamp of lit oil lamps toward a central golden throne. Seated on the throne is a man in orange clothing wearing a long white flower garland, flanked by two attendants and two standing deity figures in green and orange. Two seated attendants in orange cloth, one holding a microphone, sit on the stage floor below. The scene shows a ritual lamp offering before the seated figure.2017-08-02Photograph of a temple shrine interior with a richly decorated golden arch behind a deity murti garlanded with red and yellow flower strings, seated on a golden mount with a silver multi-tiered lamp stand (aarti) in front. A bald, sandal-marked priest in an orange robe stands at left holding the silver lamp tray. Two seated figures on mats below: one in an orange robe and one in a white dhoti, with a book open before them. At right, a four-armed deity statue in orange and green holds objects, beside brass lamp stands. Through a doorway at right, a framed portrait labelled with a smiling figure in orange head wrap sits on an ornate throne with a tiger-skin cover, with several devotees in maroon robes seated before it. Approximately six people are visible.2013-11-06May 07 20172017-05-07A temple aarti scene in a shrine hall with a red carpet. A young priest seen from behind, shaved head, wearing an orange cloth over the shoulder with a red border and rudraksha beads, raises a brass multi-wick oil lamp toward a golden deity shrine. White sacred markings are on his arms and back. Two seated devotees in white dhotis with folded hands sit to the left, and a figure in orange sits at the right edge. Colourful painted guardian figures with raised hands and crowns flank the doorway, and brass lamp stands line the walls. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable from appearance.2014-04-27A standing man in an orange-brown dhoti and orange shawl with long loose hair holds a lit lamp toward a golden canopied shrine to the right, where garlanded deity murtis sit under floral decoration. Behind him a painted deity figure with multiple arms carries a trident. Seated devotees in white and orange clothing, including a shaved-headed youth in orange with a tilak, press their palms together at a fire pit with yellow ghee blocks, brass plates and offerings in front of the shrine, indicating a puja or homa. a person cues are the long swept-back hair and orange-brown ritual dress of the standing officiant; the appearance is not certain enough to confirm identity.2013-05-13July 04 20172017-07-04November 16 20132013-11-16 +1 copiesAugust 22 20142014-08-22Photograph of an evening aarti in a temple hall with painted pillars and two standing deity murtis flanking the shrine. A devotee in saffron-orange robe with a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace and bangles raises a lit multi-flame oil lamp toward the shrine. Inside the shrine a framed portrait of a man with a saffron head covering sits on a gilded throne-like altar, with fairy lights glowing. Oil lamps stand on the red carpet, and several people in white dhotis and saffron cloths sit with hands folded in prayer. Five physical people are visible, the foreground devotee among them, with the cropped image showing only part of a seated figure at left.2014-06-19