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A figure with long dark hair and a saffron-orange garment stands at right, reaching up with both arms to a silver deity murti adorned with a heavy silver necklace and draped in layered garlands of red roses, white flowers, yellow marigolds and purple blossoms. Above is a fringed canopy in red, green and white, and the deity stands on a green cloth against an ornate gold throne. A second man in orange robes and a beaded necklace stands behind at left, watching. The setting is a decorated pavilion with foliage and pink lighting.

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April 21 20132013-04-21April 21 20132013-04-21 +1 copiesInside a temple sanctum, a man in a rust-brown dhoti and wrap with a red-maroon turban and long dark hair stands before a deity, placing a hand on a flower-decorated image adorned with heaped marigold, rose and white garlands. Behind him, a younger man in an orange dhoti with rudraksha beads holds a small vessel, and at left a man in orange cloth holds a lamp tray with a flame. A gold-decorated deity murti stands to the right, and offerings sit at the base of the altar. The scene shows a puja or abhishekam ritual.2016-12-14April 21 20132013-04-21A photograph of a temple worship scene before a decorated deity murti seated on a gold throne. The murti wears silver ornaments and a crown, a green satin lower garment, and is framed by red, yellow and purple flower garlands and green leaves. A woman with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange wrap, gold arm bands and a flower garland, holds a silver oil lamp with a flame toward the murti. To the left, a bald man in a saffron wrap stands with palms pressed together, and behind the murti a young boy with a white forehead mark and saffron clothing stands near a brass vessel. Ornate gold pillars and a fringed canopy frame the altar.2013-04-21April 21 20132013-04-21A temple ritual scene where a woman in a lime-green sari with a teal border and a maroon underskirt offers worship to a Shiva lingam decorated with marigold and purple flower garlands and a gold-toned orange cloth. Two priests stand at left: one bare-headed in saffron dhoti with white markings on his arm holding a brass plate, and another in orange robes with rudraksha mala. Behind them are large golden deity figures with trident and ornate jewelry, and a white statue in green robes wearing a garland sits at lower centre. Setting is a pillared temple shrine.2011-12-16A photograph inside a richly decorated temple shrine. A man seen from behind, bare-shouldered, wears a rust-orange cloth wrapped around his body with a gold border and a gold-chained neck ornament, and his hair is tied in a bun. He leans forward to adorn a small deity murti seated on a gold-framed throne, placing a crown or decoration on its head. The murti wears a white dhoti-like cloth, red and gold ornaments, and an orange scarf. The throne is draped with garlands of red, white, green, yellow and purple flowers, and brass lamps stand in the background beside gilded temple pillars.2012-05-02A temple puja scene in front of a large shrine. Two men in saffron and maroon robes stand at a decorated linga, a grey stone shivalinga wrapped in bright garlands of purple, yellow, red and white flowers. The man on the left wears an orange dhoti with white ash markings on his arms and a beaded necklace. The man in the centre, with long dark hair, wears a maroon garment and gold bangles and holds a gold plate of offerings as he reaches toward the linga. Behind them stand gold and red painted deity statues with trident and jewelled ornaments. In the foreground a small white statue wears an orange headcloth and beads. Pillars and greenery frame the shrine.2011-12-18 +1 copiesDecember 13 20112011-12-13March 10 20132013-03-10A man with long dark hair, bare-shouldered in an orange-red cloth, wears a yellow marigold garland and stands at a richly gilded deity murti decorated with gold necklaces, a crown and red and orange flowers. He reaches up with his right hand to touch the murti's ornaments while another person in a red-beaded garland holds a tray at the left edge. Behind them are gold arches and draped cloth in maroon, purple and pink.2015-01-09