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Inside a dim temple passage, a man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands in a doorway holding a white cloth bundle, glancing back. Beside him a woman in red and gold sari with bangles and a flower-decorated braid walks toward a lit shrine. Ahead, a deity murti stands in an arched niche surrounded by small oil lamps and a golden halo. Another woman in white sari stands at the right doorway. Carved stone framing and a wooden door surround the scene.

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A photograph inside a dim Shiva temple shrine at Kanchanoor. A lingam with a bright halo-like arch sits within an ornate dark stone niche, dressed in striped and red cloth with silver ornaments and lit by several oil lamps. A priest in a saffron-orange wrap leans toward the deity, adjusting the shrine while women and attendants stand at the edges, one in an orange cloth with rudraksha-style beaded armband, another with bangles and hair in a bun. A deity murti is the focus, performing abhishekam-style worship with lamps in the foreground.2012-05-16 +1 copiesA photograph inside a dim stone shrine where a black lingam sits draped with red and white cloth and a golden yoni-base. A woman in an orange-saffron sari with a dark beaded necklace raises a lit camphor flame or lamp before the deity. Beside her a bald man in saffron stands with hands folded. At right an older bare-chested man in a red dhoti and a younger bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with an orange-edged cloth over his shoulder face the shrine. Brass oil lamps, a brass vessel and a tall brass lamp stand flank the scene, and a hose runs along the top of the doorway. Five people are visible, including partially visible figures at the edges.2012-05-29 +1 copiesA photograph inside a dim, reddish-lit temple passage where several shaven-headed men in saffron/orange robes stand in a line facing a shrine. In the centre a bare-backed priest in white dhoti with a brown waist cloth stands before the sanctum, where oil lamps glow and a deity murti is seen. On the right, saffron-clad devotees with gold-trimmed shawls and garlands watch, and a brass plate sits at the edge of the frame.2012-05-18A photograph inside a dim temple shrine doorway where priests perform a puja before a deity murti draped in red cloth. A bright ceremonial oil lamp with a circular flame arrangement is lit above the altar, with additional flames and lamps at the base. In the foreground, a man with a shaved head wears an orange saffron robe and a rudraksha-style bead necklace and stands with his back to the camera. Beside the altar, a figure in orange robes stands at the shrine. Three men on the right, bare-chested and wearing white dhotis with coloured borders, stand in attendance, one holding a brass vessel. Brass lamps and ritual implements sit on a ledge to the right. The room is dark with grey stone walls.2012-05-29 +1 copiesA temple sanctum interior during a lamp-lit worship. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in orange-saffron robes and a rudraksha mala stands with his back to the camera, watching. Beside him a woman in orange sari stands near a golden-draped deity murti with lit oil lamps around it. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a coloured border, and a second man in white dhoti, tend the shrine. A circular lamp glows in the doorway behind them, and a red-and-gold canopy edges the top left. Dark stone walls surround the scene.2012-05-29 +1 copiesA dimly lit inner shrine viewed through a doorway. A bare-backed priest in a white dhoti with a yellow-and-green patterned waistband stands before a brass-fronted altar, facing an deity murti draped in cloth. A brass oil lamp burns at the right edge. On the left, two men in saffron-orange shawls wear rudraksha and bead malas, one with a beaded headband, watching the worship. A partially visible figure in saffron stands at the right, and the walls are yellow ochre. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18Interior temple corridor at dusk with a lit deity murti at the far end, illuminated by lamps and a glowing halo. Several people in orange and saffron clothing stand and walk toward the shrine; a bald man in orange robes with rudraksha-style beaded necklace leads, a woman in a reddish-brown sari with a pink garland stands beside him, and a woman in a yellow and green border sari stands at right near a metal door latch. The corridor is dimly lit with hanging bulbs and oil lamps, and a yellow wall is visible at right. Offerings and an attendant are at the lower left edge.2012-05-16 +1 copiesMay 29 20122012-05-29Interior of a dim temple passage at night, with lit oil lamps lining the walkway toward an illuminated deity murti at the far end. A bald man in saffron-orange robes and bangles, carrying a folded red and gold cloth, walks ahead of a woman in a red sari with a flower garland. An older man with grey hair and a white cloth over his shoulders stands at right, facing the shrine, with a rudraksha-style mala visible. A dark-haired person's head is visible in the lower right corner.2012-05-16May 21 20122012-05-21Dim temple shrine seen through a doorway, with a priest in a dark garment holding a lit aarti flame before a deity murti draped in red and orange cloth. Oil lamps burn on the shrine ledge and above the arch. A person in red clothing stands at the left edge and another in orange at the right edge, partially cropped and blurred. Stone walls and a decorated brass or stone object are visible on the right.2008-10-15