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Inside a temple shrine with polished brown stone walls, a shaven-headed priest in an orange-red dhoti with a gold border and a gold-and-white garland stands at left holding a silver plate of pink petals. Along the right wall in a niche, a row of seven or more black stone deity murti figures with folded hands stand on a raised ledge, dressed in white and red-striped cloths. At upper left, a dark deity murti is draped in orange and gold cloth. The scene shows temple puja offerings being made to the shrine images.

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May 12 20122012-05-12 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple showing a bare-chested priest with a long orange-saffron dhoti and gold waist-band, wearing a gold necklace and a red-beaded headband, with white sacred marks on his back and arm. He stands at a stone ledge offering petals and holding a small plate of flower petals before a row of black stone deity murti with white and red-bordered dhotis and pink flowers on their heads. Pink and white petals are scattered on the ledge and steps, and an arched white niche is lit above them. The lone figure is a priest; no person is identified as a person.2012-05-12 +1 copiesMay 13 20122012-05-13 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple shrine with polished marble walls. A bare-chested priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and a rudraksha mala stands at left holding a brass oil lamp with a lit flame in both hands. A tan headband and sacred ash marks show on his body. To the right, a row of black stone murti figures with white and red-striped dhotis and pink flower garlands stand on a marble platform, with a steel bowl and scattered pink petals and white flowers on the ledge. The scene suggests an aarti or puja at the shrine.2012-05-13 +1 copiesMay 11 20122012-05-11May 08 20122012-05-08May 13 20122012-05-13 +1 copiesMay 09 20122012-05-09May 12 20122012-05-12Photo inside a temple shrine with pale marble walls and a niche of black stone figures. On the right, a shaven-headed priest in orange cloth with a yellow border, a rudraksha mala and gold ornaments holds a lit oil lamp before a row of black stone figures, each wrapped in white and red cloth and with flower petals on the ledge. On the left, a young man in orange cloth with gold necklaces and a hair ornament stands with palms pressed together in prayer, and a bald man in white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth stands behind him. A dark deity murti draped in red and gold cloth sits in the back niche. The scene shows a lamp offering ritual, a puja.2012-05-12May 08 20122012-05-08June 02 20122012-06-02