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A framed photograph of a deity face hangs on a red-painted wall in a shrine, the face wrapped in many strands of rudraksha-style beads and red garlands with a red tilak mark above the brow. Below it sits a recessed niche containing a stone murti smeared with thick vermilion paste and draped with yellow marigold garlands. Red-painted pillars frame the scene on a black stone floor. No people are visible.

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A photograph of a shrine niche set into a black stone wall, flanked by red-painted pillars. Inside the niche is an orange-smeared stone deity murti draped with a long garland of yellow marigolds and green leaves. A small framed devotional print with a red-and-gold decorative border hangs on the left, showing a figure adorned with beaded necklaces. A small sticker on the right depicts figures in a religious setting. No people are visible.2014-05-19Two framed photographs of deity murti faces hang side by side on a wooden shelf. The left frame shows a red-faced deity with bulging eyes, a white tilak, a nose ring and fangs, crowned by a large mass of yellow and green flowers and wearing a yellow garland. The right frame shows a red-faced deity wearing a white and orange striped crown, draped in dense green leaves and red and purple flowers with a white and orange garland. Printed copyright and source text appear over the lower right of the image, which is not transcribed. No people are visible.2010-08-09August 09 20102010-08-09October 03 20152015-10-03Framed photographs hang on a wall, showing three panels of a Hindu temple shrine. The left panel shows a silver-clad goddess seated with a sword, a hooded serpent canopy overhead and a yellow garland, surrounded by marigold and rose garlands. The centre panel shows a dark-faced deity murti wrapped in orange and yellow flower garlands, wearing layered gold and silver necklaces, set against a backdrop of tiled currency notes. The right panel is partly visible, bordered in floral garlands. No physical people are visible; the figures are depicted in the photographs.2010-08-09October 03 20152015-10-03March 28 20182018-03-28 +1 copiesTwo framed photographs hang side by side on a wooden wall in a temple setting. The left framed picture shows a red-faced goddess murti heavily adorned with layered garlands of white, orange, yellow and pink flowers, set against an ornate silver-toned arched backdrop. The right framed picture shows a seated goddess playing a veena, her blue face and cream-white garments framed by a large circular arch of marigold, yellow and red flowers, resting on a blue cushion above pink lotus petals. No physical people are visible; both subjects are deity images in print, and the photographs are displayed in a temple.2010-08-09Close-up photograph of a red-painted deity murti face framed by white jasmine garlands, yellow marigold garlands and strings of green and yellow lime-like beads. The face has bold black eyebrows, large black eyes, a red forehead tilak and a red floral crown band with a large red rosette. Orange marigold garlands surround the frame. No people are visible; the sculpture is the sole subject.2010-08-09A photograph inside a temple shrine in India. A silver-framed niche holds a silver-faced deity murti heavily garlanded with orange and yellow marigolds and white flowers. A man in a rust-red shawl and dark rudraksha mala with gold beads holds a lit oil lamp toward the murti, his other hand folded near his chest. Strands of gold ornament and bangles show on his wrists, and a gold earring is visible. Behind him, a man in white kurta with folded hands stands among other devotees. A brass lamp burns at the lower left, and a metal railing runs across the foreground. The scene shows aarti being offered. The man lighting the lamp has long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala, with the appearance cues matching the probable Swamiji profile for this page, so the identity is labelled probable on the basis of appearance.2014-05-19February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesAugust 09 20102010-08-09