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A photograph of a temple shrine decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands and a flower-covered arch. At the centre sits a deity murti dressed in a red cloth with a gold necklace and layered garlands, set under an ornate golden arch. In the foreground, a person with long dark wavy hair and a white garment held at the shoulder lifts a brass oil lamp with a visible flame toward the deity. A striped mat covers the floor beside a small whisk. Strings of lights and a coloured backdrop are visible behind.

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January 04 20162016-01-04January 04 20162016-01-04A woman with long dark hair, wearing a red flower garland, holds a lit oil lamp toward a decorated deity murti. The murti stands in front of a golden arch and is adorned with layered garlands of yellow, red, white and purple flowers and a green-and-gold skirt, and holds a trident. Behind it hang richly patterned yellow, orange, red and blue cloth panels with floral motifs. A red cloth covers the base, and a camera or lens is visible at lower right. This is an aarti offering before the decorated murti.2013-03-02A photo of a decorated shrine inside a flower-framed archway, with a flower-garlanded murti seated on a red cushioned base before a gilded throne-like backdrop. A single person in a white dhoti-style garment with a golden border, shown from behind and to the side with long dark hair, holds a lit oil lamp toward the murti. Orange and green cloths drape the surroundings, and marigold and yellow flower garlands hang around the arch and the deity.2016-01-04January 04 20162016-01-04March 02 20132013-03-02January 04 20162016-01-04January 04 20162016-01-04March 02 20132013-03-02A photograph of a shrine during an evening puja, with a hand holding a lit oil lamp at left whose flame is clearly visible. The central subject is a small statue of a deity seated on a red and pink cloth, wearing a gold necklace and garlanded with yellow and red flower strands. Behind it stands an ornate gold arched frame, and the shrine is draped with orange cloth and yellow marigold garlands. No people are visible apart from the partial hand and arm holding the lamp.2016-01-04A photograph of a decorated murti seated on a red and pink draped throne before a gold-framed arch. The figure wears a red turban, a large silver and gold necklace, and a gold-trimmed garland, and is heavily garlanded with yellow, red and white flower strands. Flower borders in orange, yellow and pink frame the scene. At lower left a man in white dhoti and shawl with long hair sits and tends the garlands beside a brass lamp. Printed copyright and source text appears on the lower right.2016-01-04A decorated shrine-style palanquin or peetha framed by marigold and rose garlands, with a gold arched backdrop and green cloth behind. A figure seated on the peetha wears a red-and-gold turban, a large gold necklace, layered bead ornaments and an orange garment, with a long garland draped across its lap. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a yellow border and a rudraksha mala sits at the lower left, leaning toward the seat and handling an object with his hand. Red and maroon cloth covers the platform, and a partially visible man appears at the lower right corner.2016-01-04