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Night photo of a figure in an orange saffron robe with head covered, kneeling on an elevated pink-and-green platform before a white deity murti decorated with yellow and white flower garlands. Behind the figure stands an ornate gold arched throne-like backdrop with cross-pattern lattice panels and red accents. A camera operator with a monitor and recording equipment is visible at left, filming the scene. The scene is lit by warm artificial lights.

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Night-time outdoor scene beside a golden ornate arched backdrop with cross-shaped cutouts. A figure in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back dark hair and rudraksha beads bends low at a raised platform, bending toward a seated person's head. Nearby, bare-chested attendants in orange cloths stand, one with long matted dreadlocks, holding up a white and blue deity murti with flower garlands and a tall white ceremonial staff. A green tree overhangs the left side. Looks like a blessing or healing moment.2017-11-15November 15 20172017-11-15Night outdoor scene at an evening ritual on a raised wooden platform draped in white cloth and strung with fairy lights. Centre stands a blue-skinned deity murti with white-and-silver headdress, garland of yellow flowers, and raised arms holding implements, set before an ornate gold scrollwork backdrop. A standing figure in orange robes and an orange head wrap holds a small lit lamp or offering toward the murti, with smoke drifting through the trees on the left. A seated man in orange clothes with a rudraksha-style necklace sits at the right of the platform beside the murti. Two other people in orange stand and sit around the platform, and a few devotees in white stand at the left edge. Brass pots and flower offerings lie on the platform.2017-11-15September 03 20072007-09-03September 23 20062006-09-23November 15 20172017-11-15January 08 20172017-01-08November 15 20172017-11-15A photograph inside a temple shrine of two seated metal murti figures, decorated with white jasmine garlands and red and yellow flower garlands, seated on a red cloth-covered throne with gold pillars. In the foreground, a bare-backed man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl stands bending toward the shrine, while a second person in white clothes with an orange shawl bends low in front of the deities. Orange flags and a small framed photo at the right edge are visible.2008-11-11November 15 20172017-11-15A photograph of a ritual at an illuminated shrine at night. A figure in a long saffron-orange robe with a matching head wrap stands at left, holding a metal plate or vessel and pouring a white liquid, possibly milk or water, over a decorated arched niche. Inside the niche is a deity murti draped in garlands and ornaments. Colourful striped and dotted arches frame the shrine, with floral garlands hanging nearby. A white-clad assistant sits behind the figure, a brass oil lamp stands in the foreground, and a fire glows at lower left. Blue and red fabric canopies hang overhead. The figure appears to be performing abhishekam.2007-09-03Night ritual under a corrugated roof at an open temple courtyard. Golden lion-pillar sculptures flank a gilded ornate doorway-style structure with a silver-framed seat or palanquin decorated with garlands in red, yellow and green, and a red-cloth base. In the foreground a woman in an orange sari with white sacred markings holds a lit oil lamp and brass vessel. Behind her, two men stand with bare upper bodies and white ritual cloths, one with grey hair and one wearing rudraksha beads, looking on during the puja. A cameraman in white shirt films the scene from the right. Strings of coloured lights hang overhead.2017-01-08