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A photograph of a golden deity murti of Vinayagar (Ganesha) with palms pressed together in namaskar, framed by a dense arch of red, yellow and white marigold garlands and green leaves. A man on the left with a shaved-looking head, white tilak and bare upper body, wearing a saffron-orange cloth and a beaded rudraksha-style mala, holds a multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with many flames and performs deeparadhana. A tall golden oil lamp stands on the right. The gold-carved backdrop has perforated lattice panels. Caption text identifies the rite as Vinayagar and Chandikeshwara Deeparadhana during the Nithyanandotsavam Purvanga Utsavam.

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Photo 82890572021-12-18A priest in a white-streaked ritual dress, with bare chest and a draped saffron-and-brown shawl, performs a multi-wick oil lamp aarti before a gold deity murti of Vinayagar (Ganesha) and a standing Chandikeshwara figure, both garlanded with red, yellow and white flower garlands and green leaves. Golden ornate arches and a brass oil lamp surround the shrine. The lamps flicker in the foreground. The caption identifies the scene as the Vinayagar and Chandikeshwara Deeparadhana during the Nithyanandotsavam Purvanga Utsavam, 2021, Day 0.2021-12-18 +1 copiesPhoto 99176132021-12-18 +1 copiesA photograph of a priest in orange-saffron cloth with a bare upper torso and white ash markings on his shoulders and chest, seen from behind and to the left, offering to a gold deity murti of Ganapati with hands folded in prayer. The murti is framed by a large arch of red, yellow and white flower garlands and green leaves. A brass oil lamp with a lit flame and a flower-decorated pedestal stand at right against ornate gold carved walls. A banner caption reads Vinayagar and Chandikeshwara Deeparadhana, Nithyanandotsavam Purvanga Utsavam, 2021 - Day 0.2021-12-18 +1 copiesA golden Ganesha murti stands in a gold-decorated shrine, densely garlanded with red, yellow and white flower strands and green leaves, with a pink garland on the left and a small painted parrot figure at upper right. A priest at left, bare-chested with white ash markings on his arms and forehead and an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder, holds a tiered silver deepa lamp with lit oil lamps toward the deity. Caption text at bottom reads Vinayagar and Chandikeshwara Deeparadhana, Nithyanandotsavam Purvanga Utsavam, 2021 - Day 0.2021-12-18 +1 copiesPhoto 82912482021-12-18 +1 copiesA photograph of a golden Ganesha murti in a temple shrine, densely decorated with red, yellow and white flower garlands arranged in arches around it. A bare-chested man with a shaved head, white ash markings on his forehead and body, and a rudraksha mala with orange cloth at his waist holds a lit oil lamp in front of the deity during a deepaaradhana. The caption reads Vinayagar and Chandikeshwara Deeparadhana, Nithyanandotsavam Purvanga Utsavam, 2021 - Day 0. The man is shown from behind and side-on, and his face is not visible.2021-12-18 +1 copiesPhoto 66787792021-12-18 +1 copiesPhoto 99197092021-12-18 +1 copiesADIKAILASA on 12/18/20212021-12-18 +1 copiesADIKAILASA on 12/18/20212021-12-18 +1 copiesADIKAILASA on 12/18/20212021-12-18 +1 copies