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A photograph of a temple doorway with two large yellow-painted wooden doors studded with square panels and iron fittings. In the foreground, a person with long dark matted hair, seen from behind, wears an orange saffron cloth draped over the body and holds a lit multi-wick brass oil lamp (aarti lamp) in the right hand, with white ash markings on the arm. Flanking the doors are painted deity statues: on the left a figure wearing a crown and gold necklace, and on the right a figure holding a trident-like staff with a cobra, wearing green cloth and bangles. The scene suggests a puja or aarti being offered at the shrine door. The figure's identity cannot be established from appearance, so no name is assigned.

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A sadhu with long dreadlocked hair and an orange head wrap and orange lower garment stands bare-chested with his back to the camera, raising a silver multi-branched oil lamp (aarti) toward a large wooden temple door with iron fittings. Two painted guardian dvarapala statues flank the door, wearing gold crowns, gold jewellery and pink dhotis with green sashes; one holds a trident-like staff. White vibhuti marks are on his arm and the seated figure's body. The setting is a temple entrance performing aarti.2017-09-02September 02 20172017-09-02September 17 20172017-09-17 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple shrine. A man with long, black, dreadlocked hair falling past his shoulders stands bare-chested, wearing a rust-red dhoti and a gold armlet and gold bangles, with a gold chain around his neck. He leans toward a large yellow-painted wooden door with iron fittings, hands pressed together in namaskar as if in prayer. To the left stands a painted, multi-armed deity murti in orange and red dhoti with garlands and a mace, and to the right a large painted hand with gold bangles and pink nails is visible. The setting is a temple sanctum entrance with a garland of white beads hanging along the door frame.2017-05-24May 24 20172017-05-24September 17 20172017-09-17A photograph of a figure seen from behind, standing before a large carved wooden door flanked by red draped curtains. The figure wears an orange saffron turban and an orange wrap draped over the shoulder and torso, with a rudraksha mala around the neck and wrists. White markings are visible on the arms and back. Both hands hold a silver multi-branched oil lamp with several lit flames. A purple logo appears in the upper left corner. The scene suggests a ceremonial lamp offering at a threshold, though no specific ritual is clearly visible.2017-09-17A bare-backed priest seen from behind holds a silver multi-wick aarti lamp with three lit flames in his right hand during ritual worship. He wears an orange-saffron shawl draped over his left shoulder and a rudraksha mala around his neck, with white sacred ash markings on his back and shoulders. He has short, dark, wavy hair. Before him stand two large painted deity murtis flanking a golden door, both with multiple arms and orange-red lower garments with green sashes. The scene suggests an aarti offering in a temple shrine.2017-08-04April 22 20142014-04-22A photograph of a temple ritual at a closed wooden double door shrine. A shaved-headed priest seen from behind, bare-chested with a saffron-gold cloth over his shoulder and a rudraksha mala around his neck and bracelets on his wrists, raises a lit multi-branched brass aarti lamp with both hands. Two painted deity statues flank the doors, each with a gold crown, gold necklaces and orange-red dhoti with green sashes. A row of small round lamps lines the door centre.2014-10-26Photograph of a temple arati ceremony inside a painted shrine hall with polished white floor. In the foreground a priest with a bare upper body and orange shawl, wearing a rudraksha mala, lifts a silver multi-wick lamp toward a pair of large gold-toned doors. Behind the doors is a framed portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and saffron robe, set over a tiger-striped backdrop, and a gilded deity figure with multi-armed guardian statues flank the doorway. Two seated women in orange saris kneel on red carpets with hands folded in prayer, and brass oil lamps stand along the walls.2013-06-28October 26 20142014-10-26