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Indoor temple scene in a small shrine room with pale walls and a painted blue lotus mural on the left. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti and a gold chain, with short dark hair and a moustache, holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward a shrine containing a Shiva lingam. Beside him, a woman in an orange-pink sari with pink-beaded bangles and a pale headband stands with her hands raised to her head in prayer, close to a second figure in orange-pink robes. A dark deity murti sits in an alcove in the background.

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May 18 20122012-05-18A dim temple interior lit by a flickering oil lamp (aarti) held on a brass plate by a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a sacred thread, who has a red tilak on his forehead and rudraksha beads at his neck. In the foreground, a person seen from behind wears saffron-orange robes, rudraksha malas across the shoulders and arm, and a hair bun with a beaded band, palms pressed together in reverence before the lamp. Another figure in saffron stands at the left edge, and a brass ritual vessel is visible on the left. Small lamps glow in the background niche.2012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18Inside a dim stone-walled passage, a priest in white dhoti with a bare upper body holds a brass plate of lit oil lamps before a shrine doorway with a decorated frame. Two sannyasi-attired men in orange-red robes and rudraksha malas stand in profile on the left, hands joined in reverence; the nearer one has his hair in a bun and the other is shaved-headed. A green and white printed bag hangs on the right wall. The scene reflects puja and aarti offering.2012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18June 05 20122012-06-05A photograph inside a dim stone temple shrine showing two devotees in saffron-orange cloth seen from behind. The nearer figure wears a rudraksha headband, rudraksha necklaces and an arm band, with a bare shoulder and a gold earring. The second figure is bald and bare-chested, wearing a rudraksha mala and a saffron cloth, with hands joined in prayer. Beyond them a priest in white stands before a deity murti decorated with a red garland and white cloth, lit by a bright lamp and a row of small oil lamps on the right. The scene suggests darshan or puja. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable from appearance, so the figures are described by role.2012-05-18 +1 copiesMay 18 20122012-05-18Photograph of a dimly lit stone temple doorway where a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti and sacred thread holds a brass tray with a lit oil lamp and offerings for an arati. Two people in saffron-orange robes stand to the left, one with hair in a bun and rudraksha malas, the other with a shaved head and beaded mala, one raising a hand in blessing. Another bare-chested man stands in the dark inner sanctum behind the priest. Smoke and warm lamplight fill the scene. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable by appearance, so no identification is made.2012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18