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A photograph inside a temple shrine doorway decorated with a multicoloured garland of pink, yellow, green, blue and white flowers draped across the arch. A person with long dark hair and a red-orange tilak mark, wearing an orange cloth and gold necklaces, holds a silver aarti plate with a flickering flame near a deity murti partly visible behind a dark red curtain. A carved lotus medallion is on the ceiling above, under bright fluorescent light.

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January 24 20062006-01-24January 24 20062006-01-24A photograph inside a temple doorway with a flower-like carved ceiling medallion above and a lit fluorescent tube. A person with long dark hair, seen from behind, wearing an orange-saffron garment with gold border, holds up a lit flame or aarti lamp toward a shrine. Multicoloured flower garlands in pink, yellow, white, green and blue frame the doorway, which has maroon and gold drapes. The shrine interior beyond is dim with a deity murti partly visible. The scene suggests an aarti being performed at a temple entrance.2006-01-24A photograph inside a temple shrine. A priest with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron cloth over his shoulders and a gold-trimmed garment, raises a flaming oil lamp or aarti lamp toward a deity murti. The shrine is decorated with a multicoloured garland of pink, green, white, yellow and purple beads, draped brown and maroon curtains, and a carved ornate wooden door on the left. Smoke or incense haze fills the air. Two brass oil lamps stand before the murti on a stone platform. Two devotees, one woman in a green saree and a man at the right edge, watch the aarti. The image is a photo.2006-01-24A photograph of an aarti ritual inside a temple shrine. A figure with long dark hair in an orange-saffron garment with gold trim stands at left, raising a lit flame on a lamp toward a deity murti draped in a colourful multi-coloured garland. Two brass oil lamps flank the murti, and red and gold curtains frame the shrine. Several devotees in white and green clothing watch at lower right and bottom edge.2006-01-24A photograph inside a temple shrine where a figure in an orange saffron garment with a gold-bordered shawl raises a flaming lamp toward a deity murti. The figure has long dark hair swept back and is seen from behind. Colourful multi-strand garlands in pink, yellow, blue and white hang in a swag above the shrine, with red and gold drapes behind. Two brass lamps flank the altar, which is decorated with flowers. Several devotees sit at the lower right, some in white and green clothing, watching the ritual. Overhead is a white ornate ceiling medallion and a small purple logo appears in the upper right corner.A photograph inside a temple shrine where a man with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron garment and a gold-toned necklace, holding a lit brass aarti lamp with several flames. He stands at the left in front of a murti of a deity draped in colourful garlands and a dark red cloth, with brass lamps on stands on either side. Multicoloured garland swags hang across the top of the shrine arch. On the right, several devotees in white and white-and-gold clothing stand close together, some with hands raised or pressed together in prayer. A pale ceiling medallion and a small purple logo appear at the top. The scene suggests aarti at a shrine, with haze and smoke softening the background.2006-01-23March 02 20112011-03-02January 24 20062006-01-24January 24 20062006-01-24January 24 20062006-01-24September 23 20062006-09-23