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A standing man in a rust-brown dhoti-style garment with a gold border and a matching draped shawl performs puja at a small shrine. He wears rudraksha mala bracelets on his wrist and upper arm and holds an offering. Pink flower garlands hang around a silver-framed shrine housing a small bronze deity murti, and a brass oil lamp burns before it. A silver bowl of pink petals and a plate with petals, cloth and bowls of kumkum and turmeric sit on the stone ledge in front of him.

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June 01 20122012-06-01 +1 copiesA figure with long dark swept-back hair, bare-chested under a rust-orange wrap with gold-bordered edges, stands before a decorated shrine. Rudraksha mala beads are wrapped around the upper arm and held in the hands in prayer. The shrine holds a deity murti draped in pink flower garlands, with a small brass oil lamp burning in front and silver bowls of petals, kumkum and turmeric on a silver tray. Strings of small lights frame the arched niche, and a silver lamp stand and pink petals rest on the counter.2012-06-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple shrine in a stone-walled room. A man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange-red dhoti and wrap, stands at a wooden shrine decorated with pink flower garlands and string lights. He holds a small brass vessel and makes an offering toward a deity murti inside the shrine. Brass lamps, a bowl of pink petals and oil lamps sit on the floor in front. Rudraksha bands are visible on his upper arm. Behind him, a man in white clothing stands near a gilded throne-like seat.2012-06-01A photograph of a shrine room with pink flower garlands draped along a golden arch and pillars. A long-haired figure in an orange-brown robe, with rudraksha malas and a gold necklace, sits at the right and handles a small metal deity figure and silver puja vessels on a yellow cloth. Silver lamps and a gilded shrine with a deity murti stand behind them, and a purple cloth-covered tray is held at the left by an unseen hand. Lit oil lamps and scattered petals suggest puja. Swamiji (probable) by appearance cues: long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklace, rudraksha malas and saffron-orange clothing, performing the puja.2012-06-01A photo of a man sitting cross-legged on an orange-cushioned seat in a shrine alcove, hands pressed together in namaskar, eyes closed, in prayer. He wears an orange-red cloth wrap, rudraksha malas on his wrists and neck, and has long dark hair falling past his shoulders; the appearance is a probable Swamiji (probable) candidate, with long hair, rudraksha malas and saffron clothing as cues. Beside him stands a gold shrine with a deity murti, draped in pink flower garlands, with silver puja vessels, a conch-shaped vessel and a lit oil lamp on a silver tray.2012-06-01June 01 20122012-06-01Photograph inside a temple shrine niche lit by a string of warm orange lights. A silver and gold canopied shrine is draped with pink flower garlands, with a small deity murti and silver bowls with a silver offering vessel in front. In the right foreground a seated man with long dark hair, wearing a rust-red robe, multiple rudraksha malas with gold beads and matching bracelets, bends forward and touches an offering on a golden cloth. The image is cropped and the figure's face is partly turned away. a person is not clearly identifiable from appearance here, so the candidate is listed as unsure.2012-06-01May 27 20122012-05-27June 01 20122012-06-01June 01 20122012-06-01 +1 copiesMay 09 20122012-05-09 +2 copiesJune 01 20122012-06-01