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A puja in a temple hall. A standing priest in saffron robes and an orange turban, bare-shouldered with a shawl draped over one shoulder, reaches over a brass tray with a lamp and small bowls on a white cloth. Beside him a bronze sculpture of a seated figure in an orange cloth wears a white and orange garland and a beaded necklace. Behind them a large deity murti stands in a wreath of marigold and yellow, red and white flower garlands, with a brass lamp stand in the foreground and hanging lamps above. A cameraman stands at the left edge and a green cloth hangs on the back wall.

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A photograph inside a temple hall during a paduka puja. A man in an orange saffron robe and orange turban, with a white garland over his shoulder, holds a ritual lamp with a flame and a bell in his hand while standing at a blue-draped altar. On the altar sit brass oil lamps, a brass kalasha, bowls and a silver-toned vessel. Beside him a seated figure in orange robes and a white turban wears a garland of white and red flowers and a gold necklace. Behind them a large deity murti is draped in colourful garlands of red, yellow and white flowers. Two men in white shirts stand at left and centre taking photographs, and a green cloth hangs on the wall. Wooden lattice screens line the walls and hanging brass lamps hang from the ceiling.2004-06-122003 - Sacred collection UncategorizedPhotograph of a temple shrine with a large white deity murti. A woman in an orange sari stands at left with her hand resting on the idol's chest during worship. A second figure in orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands further left beside a brass oil lamp. A smaller white figure in orange cloth sits at the base, and tall brass lamps stand at right beside red drapery. The setting is a dim, ornately carved stone shrine with incense sticks visible in front.2008-12-23September 29 20042004-09-292003 -Glimpses From Various Programs2003-01-01A photograph of an outdoor shrine decorated for worship. A standing priest in saffron-orange robes with long hair holds a lit oil lamp toward a golden deity murti adorned with marigold and flower garlands, a crown and red cloth. Brass oil lamps, kalasha pots, plates of offerings and rudraksha beads line the stone platform, with red and orange drapes behind. A second person in orange sits at the left edge, and a third figure is partly visible behind the drapery. The stone pillars are carved and garlanded.2008-12-27A photograph inside an open temple pavilion showing a figure in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair and a flower garland performing an aarti with a brass oil lamp (deepa) before a deity murti. A second person in orange robes and a garland stands behind to the left. The shrine is decorated with multicoloured flower garlands and yellow-and-orange marigold strands draped over a large dark-faced deity figure with a gold crown, and a female deity figure in red-orange dress with gold jewellery sits in a gilded arch behind. A white statue of a child-form figure in orange cloth with a red garland sits at the lower front of the shrine. Brass lamps and a kalasha stand on the platform.2008-12-25A photograph inside a stone-pillared shrine at an outdoor altar, where a priest in orange robes stands with his back to the camera holding a lit lamp toward a deity murti of Shiva and a consort, decorated with marigold and multicolored flower garlands and a red crown. Two other orange-robed attendants sit at left, and brass lamps, brass vessels, bowls of offerings, rudraksha strands and garlands surround the platform draped in orange cloth. The setting appears to be a puja or aarti at a shrine; no clearly identifiable a person is shown in appearance-based terms, only a priest in orange.2008-12-27Photograph of a temple abhishekam ritual before a large deity murti of a goddess, adorned with yellow and red flower garlands, a golden crown and a golden kalasha-style pot in front. A seated priest in orange robes and a bare upper body with white sacred ash markings holds a lamp of several flames toward the deity, while another man in a red shirt and white beard stands beside him. Golden lamps and brass vessels with flower petals sit in the foreground, and a small white statue of a seated figure in orange robes with an orange head cloth and a rudraksha-style mala is placed at the base of the deity. Gold lamps stand on the left.2010-07-21March 02 20112011-03-02A temple shrine with a large golden arched frame holds deity murti of a Shiva-Parvati pair adorned with multicolour garlands and a red and gold necklace. In the foreground a figure in orange robes bends over a silver-and-gold abhishekam vessel, pouring or offering on the linga-shaped base, while another orange-clad priest stands at left holding an oil lamp. Brass oil lamps stand on the marble platform beside silver bowls, a kalasha and flower-filled trays of yellow marigolds and white jasmine. Open colonnaded stone architecture and trees are visible behind.2008-12-25 +1 copiesA night puja at a temple shrine before a richly decorated deity murti of Shiva and Parvati. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand at left: one in a yellow-orange dhoti holds a brass tray of offerings and wears a bare-chested look with gold necklaces and a shaved head with white tilak; beside him a long-haired man in orange dhoti and orange shawl with rudraksha mala and gold necklaces holds white flowers and stands near the altar. The altar is garlanded with red, yellow, purple and white flower strands, with a brass lamp stand at right and flower petals on the floor. Appearance-based candidate: a person for the long-haired man in the orange robes with rudraksha and gold necklaces, shown during the shrine worship.2011-11-29