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A photograph of a temple shrine ritual. In the foreground, a person in an orange-red silk garment with gold borders and a gold necklace, with a rudraksha-style bead headband, holds a flaming oil lamp (aarti) toward a golden shrine niche garlanded with pink and white flowers. Silver vessels and a bell are arranged on the stone altar. At the right edge, a second person in white holds a bell. The lamp and bell suggest puja or aarti.

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A photograph of a shrine niche decorated with pink and white flower garlands and a glowing string of lights. A figure in an orange-red draped robe with gold border and a beaded headband stands at left, holding a flame-lit lamp toward a small golden shrine or altar with a flower-covered central object. A white-clad arm is visible at the right edge. The scene is a ritual lamp offering, aarti, before the shrine.2012-06-05A woman in an orange-red sari with gold borders and a gold necklace stands with her back to the camera, holding a silver lamp with a flame toward a shrine. The shrine is an arched niche decorated with red and white flower garlands and lit by a row of small bulbs, with a gold-framed deity image or murti at the centre, copper and silver vessels on a stone ledge, and flower petals on the floor. A man in white dhoti with a gold border stands at the right edge, partially visible. This appears to be a puja or aarti being performed at a shrine.2012-06-05 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple shrine during an aarti-style lamp offering. A person seen from behind in an orange-red sari with gold border and a rudraksha-style necklace and head garland holds a silver lamp toward a lit flame. A second person in white dhoti and shirt stands at right, hand raised with a bangle. The shrine is decorated with pink and white flower garlands, brass vessels and an ornate white arch with a lit strip of lights. The person in orange has no visible long swept hair or crown, so no appearance-based a person candidate is confirmed.2012-06-05 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesJune 04 20122012-06-04June 04 20122012-06-04June 04 20122012-06-04A woman in an orange sari with gold border, hair in a bun with a decorative headband and gold necklace, stands at a shrine lifting a lit oil lamp toward a deity murti framed by pink and white flower garlands. A man in a white dhoti with gold border stands at right, holding a silver vessel. Silver kalasha pots and oil lamps sit on a stone altar beneath a white carved arch with lit edging. Flower petals scatter the floor.2012-06-05 +1 copiesJune 04 20122012-06-04June 04 20122012-06-04June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesJune 04 20122012-06-04