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A photograph taken through orange metal bars of an enclosure containing a shrine heaped with marigold and flower garlands, with a bare fluorescent tube hanging in front. Several men stand or sit behind the bars on a raised platform, some in white kurtas and one in a dark shirt, with some wearing orange or yellow cloth. Flowers cover a lower altar area, and a hand reaches toward the offerings.

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October 27 20152015-10-27June 03 20162016-06-03Crowded interior of a temple sanctum at Omkareshwar, with devotees gathered around a brass-railed shivalinga platform. A man in white dhoti and shawl leans over the linga pouring from a silver pot, while a devotee in an orange-trimmed garment and red shawl stands nearby. Others in saffron and orange clothes, white kurtas and orange shawls surround the rail, with a woman in a green and orange sari and a red-clad child visible. A brass plate holds flowers, a steel bowl holds offerings, and a brass trident-topped stand is at right. The walls are dark and stained.2016-06-03A photograph of a shrine with a barred metal grille and a red curtain behind it, where a deity murti and offerings sit inside a small chamber. In the foreground, a bald man in a flowing orange robe with a torn edge stands with his back to the camera, facing the shrine beside a red-speckled pillar. A reddish wooden door sits to the left against a yellow wall, and an orange cloth bag lies on the floor at the bottom edge with a person's head partly visible.2014-03-14June 03 20162016-06-03A photograph inside a red-painted shrine with metal grilles and a red-lacquered ceiling. A man in a ornate maroon robe with a crown-like headdress, gold necklace and a long beaded garland stands at the railing holding a small red-and-white offering or flower-wrapped object in both hands. Beside him, a man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl gestures toward the offering. Behind them, several men in orange and saffron robes stand or kneel with hands folded in prayer, one with a gold-banded white shawl and a sacred marking on the forehead. On the right, a man in orange clothing works at a counter piled with orange marigold garlands beside a brass lamp and a metal vessel. A woven basket sits on the railing and marigold petals lie on the grille below.2015-10-27June 03 20162016-06-03Devotees crowd tightly around a dark stone shivalinga at the centre of a golden circular platform inside a narrow, dimly lit temple corridor at Omkareshwar. A gold kalasha with a spout sits on the lingam, and marigold petals, leaves and a small brass dish of offerings lie on the platform. A man in a red shawl and white kurta stands near the lingam, a priest in an orange shawl and white dhoti kneels in front, and several men in white and saffron-orange clothing with rudraksha malas, along with women in red and orange saris, press close around the railing with hands folded in prayer. A brass donation box sits on a stand to the right, and a bald man in white sits beside it. A camera operator with a raised camera is at the far right edge. Walls are stained and an air conditioner is mounted above.2016-06-03Crowded interior of a dark stone shrine with a large brass-rimmed circular yoni-pitha base, a brass kalasha vessel and flower offerings at its centre. A bare-chested man in white dhoti stands near the centre, and a man in orange kurta with a red-trimmed white shawl stands behind the railing. A woman in a red and gold sari with folded hands stands among devotees, a seated figure in a red shirt with garlands sits by the railing, and an older man in beige kurta sits beside it. Around them devotees in orange, saffron and white garments press close against a steel railing, several with folded hands, while a brass vessel is set on the basin. Walls are weathered grey stone with patterned tiles along the left edge.2016-06-03June 03 20162016-06-03May 04 20152015-05-04June 03 20162016-06-03