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Outdoor temple courtyard with a stone wall of large cut blocks behind a group of devotees lined up behind red metal posts. A woman in an orange sari with a red border, her back to the camera, holds a brass bell and a small flame or oil lamp for an arati-style offering. Around her, participants in white clothes and red lanyards stand with palms pressed together, including a man in a black shirt holding a lamp, a man in a white shirt with a bag, an older man in a pale yellow shirt, and a woman in a white sari with a yellow border on the right. Bare feet and white garments mark the ritual setting.

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March 14 20162016-03-14June 17 20092009-06-17 +1 copiesDecember 29 20102010-12-29July 02 20072007-07-02Outdoor temple courtyard under large shade trees where a crowd of devotees in white clothes stands with hands folded in prayer. In the centre, a bearded man in a saffron-orange robe with long dark hair rings a brass handbell while facing a red-painted shrine. Beside him, a man in white garments and an orange shawl stands with palms joined. Several devotees wear yellow shawls and rudraksha-style beads. On the left, a brass plate holds yellow flowers beside a red deity murti. Overall about twenty-five people are visible.2009-10-15Outdoor temple scene under a large leafy tree. A bearded man in saffron-orange robes and a saffron shawl, with long dark hair, stands centre-frame holding a small brass bell and a lit lamp or flame toward a red-painted shivalinga-style murti at left, with yellow flower garlands. Around him a crowd of devotees in white kurtas and dhotis, several wearing yellow shawls and folded hands in prayer, stands on a paved area. An older man in white with an orange shawl stands to the right with hands joined. The setting includes a banyan-type tree, a red decorated base, and a dirt ground. Several figures are partly visible at the edges.2009-10-15July 02 20072007-07-02October 12 20122012-10-12Outdoor photo at a shrine under large leafy trees beside a black stone deity murti draped in orange cloth and garlanded with yellow and red flowers. A bearded man in a full orange robe holds a brass bell in one hand and raises a small flame or lamp toward the murti. Beside him, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with an orange shawl stands with hands folded. Around them, many people in white and cream clothes, some with yellow shawls, stand with palms pressed together in prayer. A yellow flower offering sits on a tray on a stone table in the foreground, and a red-painted stone base is at the lower left.2009-10-15Outdoor temple courtyard scene beside a stone wall and a pink-painted boundary wall with palm trees behind. On the left, a stone fire pit or lamp structure holds a small flame. In the foreground, a seated man in orange robes with a rudraksha-style necklace and a shaved head holds a brass plate of flowers and offerings, while several white-clad men sit in front of him with hands folded in prayer, wearing white dhotis and orange-gold borders. A standing man in orange with long swept-back hair and a garland is at the right, with another orange-robed figure beside him. A large crowd of onlookers, many with cameras, stands behind a low barrier. Several figures in orange and white appear to be performing a ritual or puja at the temple shrine.2010-12-29Outdoor temple courtyard at AadiKailaasa, Bengaluru, with carved grey stone pillars and a white wall. A man in saffron-orange cloth with a white forehead mark holds a lit oil lamp aloft in one hand and a small bell in the other, while a line of devotees stands behind him with palms pressed together in anjali. Behind him, a woman in white with a saffron shawl holds a flame aloft as well. Beside them, a young woman in white with rudraksha beads and a woman in a white sari with a gold border stand with hands folded, and an elderly woman in orange shawl and glasses joins them. A small girl in a floral dress, hands folded, stands at the left edge. A low wooden platform and a brass lamp sit on the stone floor at right, and a bit of red cloth appears at the lower left.2007-10-12July 08 20122012-07-08