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A photograph inside a temple shrine where a bald, bare-chested man wearing an orange silk dhoti with gold borders and a rudraksha-style beaded head ornament stands with his back to the camera, leaning toward a gilded shrine canopy. Inside the shrine a gold-framed deity murti is decorated with pink rose petals and white jasmine garlands. A second person in white clothing with gold trim holds a lit oil lamp, an aarti, toward the shrine from the right. Silver lamp stands and small silver bowls sit on the altar, and a warm line of lights frames the arched niche. The scene suggests a puja or aarti at the shrine.

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May 09 20122012-05-09Inside a temple shrine, a bare-backed priest in orange dhoti with gold borders stands at a gold-framed altar decorated with white jasmine garlands and pink flowers, performing worship by a deity murti. Beside him, a second man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands near the doorway holding offerings. Silver lamp stands and bowls line the altar, and an arched lit doorway frames the scene. The figure's appearance does not clearly establish a person, and the bare-backed priest is described by role only.2012-05-09May 10 20122012-05-10May 13 20122012-05-13 +1 copiesMay 10 20122012-05-10May 09 20122012-05-09 +1 copiesMay 12 20122012-05-12May 09 20122012-05-09May 14 20122012-05-14 +2 copiesMay 10 20122012-05-10A photograph taken from behind of a bare-backed priest in an orange-red dhoti with gold borders, standing before a shrine niche lit by a ring of orange lights. He wears a rudraksha-style bead band on his shaved head and a gold ornament at his neck, and he is performing puja at a gold-trimmed deity murti decorated with pink flowers. Silver cups, a brass lamp and a small brass bell sit on the stone altar ledges, with scattered flower petals on the floor. The shrine has a silver dome-topped canopy above the murti.2012-05-09 +1 copiesInside a shrine lit by a glowing arch of warm bulbs, a bare-backed priest in orange dhoti with gold border raises a lamp toward a silver-and-gold shrine holding a deity murti draped in a large pink flower garland. A second person in orange robes stands beside him, and a man in white dhoti with gold border offers flowers at the right edge. Rose petals scatter a burlap mat on the floor, and silver vessels sit at the altar base. A priest with rudraksha mala and gold ornaments performs aarti.2012-05-12