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A photograph of a temple worship scene inside a small shrine. In the foreground, a shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti with a pink and green striped cloth and a gold chain holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp, an aarti offering. Facing him, a person with long dark hair and an orange robe stands with palms pressed together and head bowed in reverence. Two other people in orange robes are partly visible at left, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a sacred thread stands behind the priest near a decorated deity murti garlanded with flowers at upper right. The shrine walls are pale blue and red-and-white striped.

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July 29 20082008-07-29Night photo inside a stone temple hall with carved pillars. On the left, a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a white forehead mark wears an orange-saffron cloth, gold necklaces and bangles, and extends his right hand over a brass plate holding flowers, white petals and a lit oil lamp. Facing him, a bare-chested young priest in a white dhoti with a green-and-gold shawl and rudraksha mala holds the plate. Behind them, a man in a striped white shirt stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, and other devotees in white shirts and dhotis watch from the background. The left figure shows distinctive saffron clothing, long hair and gold ornaments, matching a probable Swamiji (probable) performing a puja offering with the priest attending. Lamp and flowers suggest an aarti or puja setting.2012-04-05A photograph of a ritual in a bare concrete hall with brick walls. In the centre, a person in an orange-red dhoti and shawl, with long dark hair and a gold-bead mala, has both palms raised to the forehead while receiving a flame. A bare-chested priest in a cream dhoti, with a red coral mala, holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp, bowls and offerings. An older man in white shirt and white dhoti stands at left with palms pressed together. Devotees in orange and purple garments stand behind, and a man in a white and gold-bordered dhoti stands at right. The scene resembles an aarti or puja; no identity is asserted from appearance.2012-09-24A photograph inside a temple doorway showing a bare-chested priest in a green cloth and white forehead marking holding a brass aarti lamp with several flames toward a seated figure in orange robes with long dark hair who bows with hands raised to the head. Two seated devotees in orange clothing with folded hands and sandalwood forehead marks sit to the left, and a white-dhoti-clad attendant stands at right. Behind them, a silver-clad deity murti and garlands are visible, with carved stone walls framing the entrance.2010-01-08 +1 copiesApril 05 20122012-04-05A temple interior during an aarti ceremony. In the centre, a bare-chested man with a shaved head and a red-and-gold headband wears an orange cloth and a large rudraksha mala, arms raised overhead toward a flaming lamp. Behind him, a man in white dhoti holds a tray and other devotees stand with palms joined. At lower right, a woman with her hair pinned with flowers faces the flame held in a brass vessel. A yellow decorated plate and a painted red-and-green wall panel are visible in the background. The appearance-based cues do not clearly match the a person description, so the central figure is described by role only.2012-05-16 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20102010-02-02Inside a dim temple sanctum, a bare-chested man in a saffron-orange dhoti and rudraksha mala raises his hands in prayer above his head while a large flame burns beside a deity shrine. Around him, devotees in white dhotis with hands folded, one holding a woven basket overhead, and a man in a white shirt stand close. In the foreground, a bare-backed priest holds up a lit oil lamp toward the flame, while the shrine is decorated with red and white cloth and a metal grille. a person candidate in saffron cloth and rudraksha is present, though identity is uncertain.2012-05-16 +1 copiesNovember 06 20112011-11-06December 21 20112011-12-21June 04 20122012-06-04April 29 20182018-04-29