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Interior of a temple shrine with marble-patterned walls, where a young priest in white dhoti and shawl with a gold necklace stands at left, extending his hand over a small wooden table with a silver plate. A woman in a white sari with gold border and maroon blouse holds her hands over a lit oil lamp on the table. A man in white shirt with back to camera stands at right. Behind them, an arched shrine niche holds a deity murti decorated with pink and white flower garlands and lights. A wall clock and a standing brass lamp are visible. Several people are partly visible at the edges of the frame.

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Interior of a temple with marble-patterned walls and a stone pillar on the left. Four men perform a ritual in the shrine area. A young man in an orange-red dhoti and bare chest, with a rudraksha mala and a headband, carries a brass plate with flowers and offerings. A bald priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold border holds a small lamp near black deity murti figures on a niche. Another man in orange-red dhoti wears a long rudraksha mala and carries a lit lamp. A clock hangs on the wall and a brass oil lamp stands on a pedestal. A golden kalasha-like vessel with a textured surface is in the lower right foreground.2012-05-11A shirtless priest in an orange-and-gold dhoti walks barefoot across a polished wooden floor inside a temple hall, carrying a tray of pink flower petals. His forehead bears white ash with a red mark, and he wears rudraksha beads and a gold chain. Behind him, white-clad priests in white dhotis and gold-bordered shawls attend, one holding a brass vessel, while a brass oil lamp stands on a raised platform near a row of small shivalinga-like forms and a granite pillar with carvings on the left. A wall clock hangs above. Pink petals are scattered on the floor.2012-05-14June 01 20122012-06-01 +1 copiesJune 04 20122012-06-04June 17 20122012-06-17June 04 20122012-06-04Interior temple scene with a bare-chested priest in a deep red-orange dhoti with gold border standing on a marble platform, wearing a white forehead band, a beaded rudraksha-style mala and white ash markings on his arms. Before a shrine, he faces two younger men in white dhotis with gold borders and white shawls, holding small oil lamps with lit flames, while a third man in a pink-patterned cloth stands behind. Behind them a row of black stone deity murti busts sits on pink-draped pedestals. A tall brass oil lamp stands at left beside a few scattered flower petals on the floor. Wall clock and marble-patterned walls frame the room.2012-05-07 +1 copiesMay 11 20122012-05-11A photograph of a priest in white dhoti and shawl with a gold border, seen from behind, performing puja at a small shrine niche in a marble-lined temple wall. He holds a brass lamp or aarti in one hand and a bell in the other. Inside the lit niche stands a deity murti with red garlands, brass lamps and a gold-framed canopy. A wall clock, a brass oil lamp and metal vessels are nearby. One person is visible.2012-06-01 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05Photo inside a temple interior with marble-patterned walls and a wall clock. A bare-chested older man in a pink patterned dhoti holds an orange and gold ceremonial cloth fan. Beside him a young man in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders holds a brass oil lamp, and another in white with gold border and rudraksha mala stands nearby. Behind them a priest in white with a sandalwood tilak and beaded mala stands near a shrine. Brass lamps, a blue door and several women in saris are visible in the background.2012-05-10May 13 20122012-05-13