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A photograph of a temple ritual in progress. A standing man in an orange sannyasi-style dhoti and shawl, with long hair and a tilak, holds a long brass lamp stand with a lit flame in his right hand over a fire pit of wooden sticks in the lower foreground. Beside him stands a dark deity murti draped in a golden-yellow sari with a white flower garland. To the right, a framed portrait of a smiling man with long hair in orange robes and a garland sits on a red velvet and gold-trimmed chair, with a golden pyramid-shaped object, flowers, oranges and sweets set out in front of it. Behind them is an inner shrine with a decorated deity with garlands. Red drapes frame the doorway.

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2008-PROGRAMS-AND-EVENTS-AT-KAILAASA-IN-HYDERABAD +1 copiesOutdoor temple entrance with two large black dwarapala guardian statues in gold and orange saris with red borders, flanking a shrine doorway with a deity murti inside. In the foreground a person in orange robes kneels and holds a brass lamp with a flame, performing aarti. A framed portrait garlanded with white and red flower garlands rests on a wicker chair draped in orange cloth, with marigold flowers at its base. The portrait shows a smiling man in orange robes with rudraksha beads, seated with one hand raised in blessing before a banyan tree trunk. A partially visible person in yellow sits at the lower right edge. The portrait is a depiction, not a physical person present in the scene.2008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In Hyderabad +1 copies2008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In HyderabadInside a white temple hall, a seated priest in white dhoti and shawl sits at the lower left, bent over a small brass lamp on the floor in front of a row of decorated deity murtis. Several gilded arched halos frame female deity figures in colourful sarees with garlands of marigolds. A tall black stone statue of a deity stands in orange cloth at the centre. At the right, a framed portrait garlanded with red and white flowers rests on a wooden stand draped with an orange cloth; the portrait shows a figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a pearl necklace. A tall brass oil lamp stands on the floor beside it, and a wooden seat with a tiger-striped cloth sits nearby.2009-09-21June 06 20102010-06-06July 30 20092009-07-30December 05 20092009-12-05A photograph of an outdoor homa at a white-pillared pavilion. A seated priest in orange robes with a tilak on his forehead and a gold necklace holds a metal tray with a flaming camphor or ghee offering over a brick fire pit with lit flames and yellow flowers. Behind him, a framed portrait garlanded with red flowers sits on a draped altar with fruit, lamps and offerings, flanked by colourful painted pillars with bird motifs and a small deity murti group on top. The lone visible person is the priest.February 05 20092009-02-05July 30 20092009-07-302008 - Programs and Events at Kailaasa In Hyderabad