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Photograph inside a Hindu temple shrine with gold and marble surfaces. A man with long dark swept-back hair, wearing an orange saffron wrap, a gold necklace and a red tilak, holds a lit oil lamp in both hands toward the deities. Beside him a woman in orange robes holds a silver tray and stands near a small brass murti. A third person in orange kneels with palms pressed together. Behind them a large standing deity murti is decorated with a multicolour floral garland, a crown and gold jewellery. The palanquin-like gold and wooden shrine structures and a decorated altar complete the scene.

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March 22 20082008-03-22A photograph of a temple-style ritual at a deity shrine. A central man with a shaved head, wire-rimmed glasses, rudraksha mala and a reddish-brown dhoti and shawl performs an aarti with a lamp and a bell-like implement in front of a decorated deity murti. The murti is draped with white and yellow flower garlands and wears gold ornaments, set in a gilded arched shrine with a pink sequined base. Two attendants in orange-saffron turbans and robes sit nearby; the one at left has his hands folded in prayer. Brass vessels, green leaves and a small offering stand on the yellow platform in front. Behind them, ornate flower-covered thrones are visible.2015-04-30December 11 20112011-12-11December 11 20112011-12-11 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesJune 10 20172017-06-10A man in saffron-orange clothing with long dark hair and a bare upper arm performs a ritual at a deity murti decorated with layered flower garlands in red, yellow, purple and white. He holds a lit oil lamp or camphor flame in one hand and a handbell in the other, offering aarti toward the ornate golden murti, which wears an ornate crown, is draped in orange cloth and holds a mace. Rudraksha and gold bead malas hang on his chest, and gold bangles are on his wrist. The setting is a temple shrine with carved stone and a golden arched frame behind the murti. The text in the corner reads Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, , Source2011-12-11A temple ritual scene in which a man in a rust-red turban and rust-red robe with gold waist sash, wearing a long flowing black braided hair and layered flower garlands in pink, yellow and white, holds a copper vessel toward a gold-coloured deity murti crowned with a jewelled mukut and holding a gold staff, decorated with garlands and gold jewellery. Beside him, figures in saffron-orange robes and one shirtless attendant with white tilaka and a silver necklace hold oil lamps and a small brass lamp. Purple-draped smaller murtis and a gold-framed arch sit in the foreground with flower offerings.2017-12-02Photo of a temple ritual before a large golden deity murti of Shiva with a pink-red cloth draped over its lower body, decorated with multicoloured flower garlands in red, yellow, purple and green. A standing priest in orange-brown dhoti and shawl, with a red flower garland on his head, raises a ritual lamp or vessel toward the deity. Two more men in orange-brown robes stand on the left with hands folded in prayer, one holding a small bell. A black shivalinga-style stone stands in front of the deity on a dark pedestal, and a golden figure with a gold-toned face and rudraksha beads stands at the right edge. Ornate gilded arches frame the shrine. Visible ritual abhishekam or aarti before the murti.2015-02-17 +1 copiesMarch 22 20082008-03-22