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Indoor temple scene with a crowd of devotees seated on the floor. A standing person in an orange-saffron robe with a long gold necklace and long swept-back dark hair, arms with white markings, extends hands toward a golden-crowned deity murti and offering area. Seated woman in orange sari with red bindi sits nearby. Behind, rows of brass lamps, metal kalasha-style vessels, a black stone Nandi-like sculpture, and colorful decorated deity figures line the altar.

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November 09 20072007-11-09November 09 20072007-11-09August 22 20062006-08-22July 11 20062006-07-11A man in a saffron-orange robe and a long gold bead necklace with a pendant stands at the right, long dark hair swept back, holding a silver bowl and an ornate silver arati lamp with a lit flame over a group of seated devotees. Several seated women in saris, shawls and jewellery sit with hands pressed in anjali, while men stand against a white wall behind them with framed landscape art and hanging greenery. The scene is an arati offering inside a meeting hall. Swamiji (probable): the robed figure with long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and gold necklace is performing the arati, which fits the page's description of Maha Arathi.2006-05-21November 09 20072007-11-09November 09 20072007-11-09A young sannyasi with long dreadlocked hair wrapped in a bun stands at a raised dais, raising a silver handbell in his right hand while holding a lamp-like ritual object in front. He wears an orange saffron wrap, rudraksha malas across his chest and arms, and a tilak on his forehead. Behind him a camera on a tripod records the event, and a man in white shirt and white dhoti stands nearby. Dozens of seated devotees in orange and yellow saris and robes fill the hall, with a lit oil lamp on the dais in the foreground. The scene suggests a puja or aarti during a Guru Purnima gathering.2016-07-19A temple interior during an aarti. A man in orange robes and an orange head covering stands at left with palms pressed together in namaste. In the centre, a man in orange robes with a gold necklace holds a lit aarti lamp raised toward a deity murti at right, draped in a red and gold garment and garlanded with white and pink flowers. A row of devotees in saris and kurtas stands behind with hands folded. Brass oil lamps, a brass vessel, a black Nandi bull statue and a lion figure are on the floor, and gilded arches frame smaller deity images against a white wall.2009-10-17November 09 20072007-11-09A seated man in an orange-saffron robe and a dark rudraksha mala sits with eyes closed and hands folded on a large gilded throne with red upholstered cushions. Before him, devotees kneel on the floor, and a woman in a white sari with a dark beaded necklace presses her palms together near silver trays of offerings, pink lotus flowers and fruit. A woman in a red sari and a man in white with a gold chain also sit with hands joined. Behind the throne stand a deity murti with a garland of orange and white flowers and a gilded mount, with a green-and-white garlanded arrangement nearby. A gold-trimmed backdrop hangs in the background. The scene reads as a pada puja, with the seated figure being honoured and devotees offering trays of flowers and items at his feet. a person: the seated man wears saffron robes and a rudraksha mala on a gilded peetha, consistent with the page's description of a person.2010-11-18 +1 copiesJuly 06 20172017-07-06