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Photo of a ritual arrangement of decorated kalasha pots and shivalinga-style forms draped with garlands of yellow marigolds, red roses, white jasmine and purple flowers, with rudraksha-style beaded strands and a saffron-and-red cloth. A partly visible man at the left wears a pink and orange turban and gold-toned beaded necklaces. Behind the arrangement hang orange and gold draped cloths. The scene suggests a satsang homa setting with offerings prepared around the central pots; no person's identity is established.

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July 18 20152015-07-18July 18 20152015-07-18December 02 20172017-12-02A photograph of a decorated temple shrine with several deity murtis dressed in orange and red silk garments, adorned with silver and gold ornaments and crowns. The murtis are surrounded by heaps of fresh garlands in red, yellow, white and green marigold and rose, and a large arch behind is covered with a dense band of flower garlands in yellow, red, purple and green. A standing deity murti in red robes with silver implements stands at right against the flower arch. Behind the shrine a dark stone lingam and a few smaller stone forms sit on a sloped ledge against an orange wall. Orange cloth covers the altar platform. No people are visible.2013-07-19Two coconut-shaped ritual vessels, each with a face-like pair of eye holes, stand side by side on a low brown cloth-draped platform, wrapped in thick garlands of yellow and white marigolds and red roses. A pink-red cloth drapes behind them. Two silver oil lamps flank the pair on the floor, with patterned striped mats and blurred figures in the background, consistent with a ritual homa or puja setting.2015-07-17December 11 20112011-12-11July 18 20152015-07-18 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple shrine showing a gold-toned metal deity pair seated under an arched frame heavily draped with multicoloured garlands of yellow, orange, red, purple and white flowers. The central figure wears a maroon turban with a crescent moon ornament and a jewelled crown, holding a trident, with a golden necklace and ornaments. Beside him stands a figure in a yellow and maroon garment with gold jewellery and a jewelled crown. In the foreground, a person in a dark maroon garment with a maroon turban and a long braided shawl stands at the left edge, holding a ceremonial staff topped with a silver finial, with flower garlands draped over the lingam base below. Only the partially visible person at the left edge counts as a physical person; the deities are statues.2017-12-02A photograph of a decorated temple shrine with a large deity murti of Shiva-Parvati style figures: a central Shiva figure with a crown, crescent and trident-like emblem, and a consort figure in gold and red garments, both draped in garlands of yellow, red, green and purple flowers. In front stands a Shiva linga draped in flower garlands with a kumkum-marked base, and oil lamps and a basket of offerings sit before it. On the left stands a dark-skinned figure with long hair and a yellow garment, and on the right another murti in a red headwrap with a rudraksha-style necklace and flower garlands. Golden arches frame the shrine. A camera operator is visible at lower right. The figures are statues rather than living people, and no physical person is clearly identifiable as a person.2017-12-02A photograph of a temple shrine with a standing man in a rust-orange turban and dark red-brown dhoti with gold border, wearing gold necklaces, rudraksha-style beads and bangles, smiling and holding his palms together near a kalasha-like arrangement of lamps and offerings. Behind him are golden deity murtis and standing figures in gold crowns, all draped with long garlands of pink, yellow, green and white flowers.2014-12-05A photograph of a temple shrine decorated with dense garlands of marigolds and multicoloured flowers in red, yellow, white and purple. In the centre stands a golden deity murti with a crescent moon on its crown, flanked by two other murtis: one with a jewelled crown and ornate gold necklaces on the left, and a jewelled crown-headed murti in a yellow sari-like garment on the right. A man in a brown-maroon dhoti and maroon turban, wearing bangles and armbands, stands at the left and holds a brass vessel with both hands before the shrine, apparently offering or performing abhishekam. A large golden arch frames the shrine above. Only one physical person is visible.2017-12-02A decorated shrine displays three deity murtis in front of a gold arched backdrop. Two standing murtis at the rear hold tridents, one wearing a crown and red-and-gold embellished garments, the other adorned with ornate silver jewellery. In the centre, a seated murti wears a tall decorated crown and a silver necklace on a red-and-gold garment. Dense garlands of red roses, yellow and orange marigolds, and white flowers frame the figures, with green leaves around the base. Kalasha pots with conical tops and offerings sit in front, and a striped canopy and greenery appear behind the shrine.2013-07-17