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Photograph of a temple-style ritual on a decorated stage with bright painted pillars and carved gold trim. At centre, a golden deity murti seated on an ornate gold throne is garlanded with white jasmine and red flower strands. A young boy in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl stands at left, bending forward and offering a yellow item toward the murti. At right, a man in white ceremonial dhoti and shawl with a gold border, wearing white jasmine garlands, a turban and a rudraksha bracelet, holds a yellow offering toward the deity. Another white-clad man in a turban and garland sits on a gold throne at left, with a painted figure and a crowd visible at the bottom edge.

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May 12 20132013-05-12A temple ritual on a golden pedestal before colourful painted shrine arches. A young shaven-headed boy in orange robes and a white forehead band stands at left, hands extended toward the altar. A man in a white dhoti and shawl, with a white turban, multiple garlands and a white forehead band, holds a yellow offering and stands centre. Two gilded deity murti on the right are garlanded with white and red flowers; one wears an orange crown-like headdress. Partial heads of seated devotees appear at the bottom edge. Bright blue, green and magenta drapery frames the scene.2013-05-12Photograph of a ritual at a richly decorated temple-style altar with pink and yellow pillars and a golden throne. A bald priest in an orange-saffron robe and rudraksha mala stands centre, arms raised, draping a green-and-white cloth over a deity murti in blue with flower garlands. Two attendants in white dhotis and matching white turbans, with white garlands, hold the cloth on either side. A gold-framed niche and gilded arches frame the scene, with a few devotees' heads visible in the lower foreground.2013-05-12May 12 20132013-05-12May 12 20132013-05-12May 12 20132013-05-12A photograph of a temple ritual. A young shaven-headed man in an orange saffron robe with a red border and a dark rudraksha-style necklace offers a small yellow cloth bundle with both hands to an older man in a white dhoti and shawl with a cream turban, white tilak marks and a beaded armband, who stands in front of a golden throne-like shrine. Both have white and orange garlands. Behind them stand a white-clad priest with a golden turban and a golden deity murti in the background with marigold and red flower garlands, and a magenta drape. Gold ornamental detailing frames the scene.2013-05-12May 12 20132013-05-12May 12 20132013-05-12May 12 20132013-05-12A temple ritual abhishekam scene. Three men in white dhotis and white shawls with gold-tinted ceremonial caps stand around a golden peetha holding a blue-skinned deity murti decorated with white and red-orange garlands. The man at left, bare-chested with a saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulders and a rudraksha-style cord, pours liquid from a small silver vessel. The man in the centre holds a green coconut toward the murti, and the man at right, wearing white garlands and a white shawl, also steadies the coconut. Incense smoke rises, and a turquoise and pink temple backdrop with a gold frame surrounds the scene.2013-05-12April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copies