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A photograph of a devotional puja before a richly decorated deity murti seated on an ornate golden throne with an arched backrest covered in embroidered floral patterns. The murti wears a jewelled crown, a red and gold embroidered blouse, a heavy ornamented necklace and a garland of pink flowers, and sits on a leopard-print cloth over a golden base. A single bare-chested man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with long hair, rudraksha-style beads and white tripundra markings on his arms, holds a lit brass oil lamp (aarti) toward the murti. Golden pillars flank the throne, with colourful tasselled hangings in red, green, yellow and purple.

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June 06 20202020-06-06April 26 20202020-04-26June 06 20202020-06-06April 26 20202020-04-26June 06 20202020-06-06A photograph inside a temple shrine. A bearded man in saffron-orange robes with a bare upper body, rudraksha malas, bangles and white tripundra marks on his forehead and arms stands at right, raising one hand toward a tall gilded metal lamp stand while holding a brass bell in the other. Before him, a black stone deity murti wearing a crown, silver-gold jewellery and red hibiscus and pink flower garlands stands in a gilded arched niche. In front, a draped image or seated deity form sits on a gold lion-supported throne with a green and gold cloth, flanked by brass lamps, kalasha-style vessels and scattered flower petals on a striped rug.2020-06-06May 05 20172017-05-05A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a standing man in orange saffron robes, bare-chested with a draped orange shawl, rudraksha beads and sacred ash marks on his arms, performing aarti with his palms extended toward a lit oil lamp. Before him sits a deity murti dressed in a red and gold necklace, red and pink flower garlands, a green and gold cloth and a green leaf crown, seated on a gold throne flanked by golden lions. Brass puja vessels, a kalasha and flowers sit on a yellow cloth at the front, with a dark deity image and gold-framed panels behind. The man has long hair tied up and a beard, and his face is not visible enough to confirm identity; the appearance cues are only partially distinctive, so no firm identification is made.2020-06-06May 05 20172017-05-05April 29 20202020-04-29March 10 20132013-03-10Photo 111873782020-06-05 +1 copies