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Photograph of a temple ritual in front of a gilded lattice screen. A bare-chested priest in the centre wears a red-orange turban and a long red-orange shawl with layered rudraksha and gold-bead malas; he raises a lit oil lamp on a long handle toward the sky. Beside him, a priest on the left with white-marked body and an orange shawl stands with hands folded, and another on the right wears a red turban and orange shawl with palms joined in prayer. A bundle of green leaves and a brass vessel appear at left, with red flowers at the bottom. Gold ornate architecture fills the background.

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September 28 20222022-09-28MAy 17 20212021-05-17ADIKAILASA on 1/14/20222022-01-14August 27 20162016-08-27ADIKAILASA on 1/7/20222022-01-07ADIKAILASA on 1/14/20222022-01-14February 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesPhotograph of a night Shiva puja at a temple shrine. A man on the left wears a red-orange garment, a flower garland headband, a dark rudraksha mala and a gold pendant necklace, and holds a brass oil lamp and a small bell while a flame burns beside him. Beside him a bald priest in orange clothing with a white forehead mark stands with palms joined in prayer. In front stands a grey stone shivalinga, and to the right a deity murti wrapped in a red-and-orange cloth and bright marigold and rose garlands. The setting is dark with warm lamplight.2015-02-17 +1 copiesDecember 05 20142014-12-05Night-time photograph of a temple ritual beside a silver-framed deity shrine with green palm fronds and a silver peacock-style figure. A bare-chested priest in an orange-red turban and orange dhoti holds a lit silver aarti lamp aloft in one hand and a small bell in the other, wearing rudraksha and pearl malas. Beside him a second man in orange cloth with white forehead markings and white arm bands cups his hands in reverent prayer. Brass oil lamps stand on the left and a fire is visible in the background.2017-08-25December 23 20162016-12-23Inside a temple hall, a fire pit (homa/yagna) burns in the foreground with flames rising from a yellow-brick base. A seated man in a red-orange cloth and rudraksha mala sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions. Three attendants in saffron-orange and red-orange dhotis and turbans stand before a wooden door, one holding a metal plate and another a vessel, while a fourth figure in red-orange presses near them. Brass pots decorated with mango leaves and coconuts sit on a pedestal beside oil lamps (oil lamps) burning at the doorway, and a sandalwood-brown carved wooden door is behind them.2018-04-11