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Evening photograph inside an open-sided temple hall with a corrugated roof. At the centre stands a stone shrine with a golden arched frame housing a deity murti decorated with red and white garlands, with a small figure seated before it. Several people in white ritual clothes move around a long white altar table with brass lamps and vessels. In the foreground, a man with grey hair, glasses and a vermilion tilak wears white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl and presses his palms together. A woman in a white dress with a rudraksha-style pendant covers her face with her hand. Devotees and attendees in white and cream clothes stand on both sides, and yellow mats lie on the floor. Painted decorative pillars flank the shrine.

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Devotees in white clothes queue along metal railings inside a corrugated-roof hall toward a stone shrine with a golden arch framing a deity murti. The murti shows a crowned figure with a companion, decorated with red and gold garments and garlands. In front stands a framed portrait on a table with oil lamps and flowers, and a red and gold draped structure sits near the rails. A woman in white with a rudraksha mala presses her hand to her forehead, and others in white and pastel saris stand nearby, while a child in yellow waits at the rail.2009-06-04June 01 20092009-06-01June 03 20092009-06-03Interior of a covered open-sided shrine with corrugated metal roof and ceiling fans, where devotees in white clothing stand in rows facing a central deity altar. The altar holds a large gilded arch framing a red-and-gold deity murti with garlands, flanked by brass lamps. Colourful striped banners with bird motifs hang at the sides. A standing woman in a yellow sari and several people in white kurtas and dhotis stand near the altar, with one man in an orange shawl and yellow shirt at left. A maroon-covered pedestal and metal railings lead toward the shrine. a person is not visibly identifiable here; no candidate appears in the scene.2009-06-01June 04 20092009-06-04Devotees in white ritual clothing stand in an open-sided temple hall at night, facing a stone shrine with an arched golden frame and red curtains. Inside the shrine, a deity murti adorned with orange and multicoloured garlands and a golden crown sits beside a second figure, with brass lamps on either side. Men in white dhotis and shirts stand on the left, and women in white saris with gold borders stand on the right, with a red carpet and steps in the foreground.2010-10-12A photograph inside a temple at night showing a gilded shrine arch framing a deity murti pair seated on a raised golden dais, decorated with garlands and flower strings, with orange drapes hanging at the sides and brass oil lamps on stands. Several devotees in white and yellow clothing stand or bow at a metal railing in front of the shrine, one man in a white shirt leaning forward, a woman in an orange and red sari and a woman in a blue and gold sari nearby, with a large silver vessel at right. Stone carved pillars frame the shrine.2010-07-13A dim, roofed open-sided shrine hall at night with a stone-framed niche holding a deity murti decorated with garlands and a gold arch, flanked by lamps and red drapes. A line of devotees in white dhotis and white saris stands on the left and right, facing the shrine; a man in a light shirt and dark bag stands in the middle.2010-10-12June 09 20092009-06-09February 16 20092009-02-16December 02 20092009-12-02A dim temple hall at evening with a corrugated metal roof and ceiling fans. At the back, a golden arched shrine frames a red-draped deity murti adorned with a crown and jewellery, surrounded by oil lamps and a small brass lamp on the altar. Several devotees in white clothes with yellow shawls sit on the floor in rows facing the shrine. Three standing attendants in white with yellow shawls face the deity, one holding a lit lamp, while a woman in an orange sari and a child stand near the left side. Metal railings line the aisle.2010-06-06