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A photograph inside a temple hall during a puja. A bearded man with long swept-back dark hair, bare-chested and wearing a saffron-orange cloth and a rudraksha mala, holds a small handbell in his right hand while standing before a richly decorated deity murti. The murti wears a silver crown, saffron cloth and gold ornaments, and is encircled by thick garlands of green leaves, pink flowers and orange marigolds. Framed portraits hang on the wall behind, and a standing statue of a figure in white stands further back among pillars.

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May 30 20182018-05-30May 30 20182018-05-30May 30 20182018-05-30December 14 20162016-12-14May 30 20182018-05-30December 14 20162016-12-14May 30 20182018-05-30May 31 20182018-05-31May 30 20182018-05-30A photograph of a temple puja. A man with long dreadlocked hair, a full beard, bare upper torso and a rust-orange dhoti-style wrap stands at left, wearing a large rudraksha mala and red sacred thread on his wrist. He holds a small silver bell in one hand and raises his other arm, arm extended, while a kalasha-style silver vessel is held on a tray by a hand entering from the left edge. Before him is a large deity murti or dressed sacred form, heavily garlanded with pink lotus flowers, marigolds, green leaves and red and white blooms, with a gold-coloured drape. Behind him sits a black stone Nandi bull with a marigold garland, and the hall has white pillars, cabinets and tall striped ceremonial poles in red, yellow and blue. A thin stream of liquid pours over the murti. The floor is covered with red and orange rugs.2018-05-30A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, bare-chested, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a red wrist thread, stands at left smiling while holding a lamp and incense burner over a decorated deity murti. The murti is draped in garlands of green leaves, white and yellow flowers, red and orange blossoms, and pink lotus-like flowers, with a gold-and-maroon cloth. Another adorned deity figure with a crown and gold jewellery stands at right, wrapped in floral garlands. Framed portraits hang on the pillared hall wall behind, and a dark statue sits on a pedestal at center.2018-05-30May 30 20182018-05-30