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December 02 20162016-12-02A temple shrine inside a stone mandapa with carved pillars and gold-framed niches. Inside the shrine stand deity murtis of a crowned goddess in gold and silver garments and a seated figure with flowing hair, both garlanded with marigold and red-white flower garlands. A brass lamp stand and oil lamps flank the shrine, and a silver yantra-like plate sits on the altar. In the foreground at right, a man with long hair and a saffron-orange garment, wearing a flower garland, stands facing the shrine in quiet devotion. Open courtyard and greenery are visible beyond the curtains.2017-09-02December 03 20162016-12-03December 07 20162016-12-07December 03 20162016-12-03A dim temple interior with a bare-chested man in red-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a long white and red garland and gold bangles, reaching toward a brass oil lamp and lit diyas on a stone ledge. Behind him stands a deity murti in gold and red garments with flower garlands, beside a small purple-robed figure and a red curtain. Brass vessels and scattered petals are on the ledge. The man is a priest-like devotee performing lamp worship, not identifiable from appearance; no distinctive a person cues are clearly present.2017-10-18A photograph of a temple shrine interior with stone walls and carved pillars. Several sculpted figures stand or sit in gold-trimmed alcoves draped with multicoloured marigold garlands, including yellow, red and purple. A seated deity figure wears a crown and red garments, and a standing figure in an orange-brown robe and turban holds his hands folded in front of a garlanded central statue. A brass oil lamp stands at the right side of the shrine. In the foreground, one person with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing a saffron-red cloth, stands with folded hands facing the shrine. Petals and flowers are scattered on the stone platform.2017-09-11 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple-like shrine at night under a white tarpaulin canopy with pink and yellow cloth draped on poles. On the left, a stone shrine holds a gilded deity figure and a bearded saint statue wrapped in a red-and-gold garment, garlanded with multicoloured flower strands. A tall brass lamp stands beside it. On the right, one man in a long rust-red robe with a bare shoulder and an orange-beaded mala walks barefoot along a striped pink, green and blue cloth runway. A dark tray of offerings sits on the floor at the lower left.2017-09-11March 02 20182018-03-02A man in a saffron-orange robe with a bright red and yellow garland stands at right in a namaste pose, hands pressed together. Beside him, on a raised stone platform, is a shrine with a large deity murti seated on a purple and red cloth, decorated with yellow and white flower garlands and a golden crown, flanked by other figures in yellow and in a grey-black dress with a red turban. Stone pillars and an orange curtain frame the scene.2018-03-02May 26 20172017-05-26September 11 20172017-09-11