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Interior temple photograph of a Hindu shrine room with pale tiled platforms and dark stone deity murtis. A long-haired person in saffron-orange robes and a gold-coloured beaded necklace sits cross-legged on a tiled platform, arranging ritual items and brass vessels near a black stone lingam with flower garlands. Brass oil lamps stand in the foreground, and a second person in orange sits behind the lingam. Two seated devotees in orange robes with rudraksha-style beads are at left beside a brass lamp stand and low wooden table. Dark Ganesha-style and other stone murtis, marigold and white garlands, and a gilded frame fill the background. Appearance-based candidate: a person, seated and performing puja at the lingam, with long swept-back hair, saffron robes and beaded necklace.

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A temple sanctum with a long-haired person in an orange saffron robe and gold necklace, hands raised in anjali, seated on a low platform before a black shivalinga on a black yoni-peetha base decorated with flowers. Behind them a dark deity murti stands in a golden arch, and a larger gilded deity figure is draped with white, red and multicoloured garlands. A second person in white sits near the shivalinga, and an orange-robed attendant with a garland kneels at lower left beside brass lamps and puja vessels. Brass oil lamps, flower petals and a tall brass lamp stand on the tiled floor. Two dark stone deities, one elephant-headed, are at left.2007-11-09November 09 20072007-11-09November 09 20072007-11-09November 09 20072007-11-09November 09 20072007-11-09A seated man in saffron-orange robes and a gold necklace sits with hands folded in lap before a decorated shrine in a tiled, white-walled hall. His long dark hair falls past his shoulders and his eyes are closed. Behind him stand deity murti adorned with colourful garlands in red, yellow and white, and a golden arched frame. Brass oil lamps and a tall brass lamp stand in front of the dais, with brass vessels nearby. To the left, a black-faced deity murti is draped in a blue cloth and garlanded, and a woman in red sits near the lower edge. Several people in saffron and white sit on the floor at the lower left and bottom edge, and a bald head is visible at the bottom centre. The overall impression is of a temple inauguration preparation ceremony.November 09 20072007-11-09A photograph inside a temple hall during a ritual at a shivalinga-style black stone lingam on a tiled platform, with a gilded deity murti behind it garlanded in red, yellow and green flowers and framed by a decorated arch of colourful textile panels. A long-haired man in an orange-saffron robe with rudraksha beads sits on a low seat with one arm raised in blessing, while a second man in an orange-and-white robe sits beside him. Brass oil lamps stand on both sides, a black Nandi bull is at left, and a few seated devotees are visible at the bottom edge. The long-haired figure in saffron and beads matches the a person cues (probable), presiding as the central officiant at the inauguration-style puja.2007-11-09A standing figure in an orange saffron robe with long dark swept hair and a gold necklace stands on a metal step ladder in front of two black stone deity murtis, a Ganesha-form figure and another murti with flower garlands. Seated devotees in orange and white ritual clothes on the left hold a microphone stand, and a cameraman with a video camera works on the right. Brass puja vessels, a kalasha, a carved wooden peetha and flower offerings fill the altar area, with a dark shrine murti at right and a white wall behind. a person's cues include the long hair, saffron robe and gold necklace, so the standing figure is a candidate for a person.2007-11-09November 09 20072007-11-09November 09 20072007-11-09A photograph inside a temple hall decorated for a consecration-style ritual. A person in an orange robe with a gold necklace sits on a low wooden seat at a tiled platform, hands pressed together in namaste. Behind and beside them stand large deity murti dressed with colourful garlands in red, yellow, green and white, and a gold-framed arch frames the central figure. Brass oil lamps (deepa) and brass pots and vessels sit on the platform, with a silver bowl at right. Another person in orange stands at the back right of the platform, and a seated figure in orange is at lower left. Stacked brass lamps stand at the far left edge. A round bird-like logo is at the upper left.