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Night photograph inside a temple pavilion with grey stone pillars. A long-haired man with a bare upper torso wears an orange-saffron cloth and a rudraksha-style necklace and holds a small oil lamp toward a pair of metal deity murtis seated on a dark stone pedestal, each adorned with yellow and orange marigold garlands and crowned with ornate headdresses. To his left stands a shaved-headed man in an orange cloth with a white forehead mark, and at the far left another person bends forward. Floral offerings and a brass lamp stand on the base. The scene reads as a puja or aarti at a shrine.

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February 16 20072007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16Night photo of a temple ritual at a shrine with a large metal murti of a deity couple seated on a pedestal, adorned with garlands of white and yellow flowers and a red-and-green garment. A man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti, holds up a lit oil lamp toward the murti. Beside him, a man in an orange robe with a gold chain stands on the wet stone floor. White ritual offerings are heaped at the base of the statue, and a brass lamp stand is visible at right2007-02-16Night temple ritual at a shrine. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and an orange cloth wrapped at his waist raises a lit oil lamp toward a pair of large dark metal deity murtis seated on a grey stone pedestal; one is crowned with a tall ornate crown and wears white garlands and a white dhoti, the other wears a crown, a green and red sari and yellow garlands. A second man in orange robes stands at left, and a third person in peach-coloured clothing is partly visible. Brass lamps and a small silver-framed shrine stand in the foreground. Stone pillars with carved details surround the courtyard.2007-02-16A figure with long dark hair and a bare upper body, wearing an orange-red cloth wrapped around the waist and over the shoulder, offers a small lamp or vessel with his right hand toward a stone deity pair in a temple hall at night. The deities are a seated figure in white and red with a crown and a garland of yellow and red flowers, and a second figure in green and red with a tall crown and necklaces; a black lingam sits before them with a yellow flower garland. To the left, a man in orange robes stands holding a steel pot. Columns of white stone frame the scene. Appears to be a puja or abhishekam at a shrine.2007-02-16Night ritual photograph at a temple shrine. A man with long dark hair and a full beard, wearing an orange saffron robe, stands at left holding a lit lamp or arati flame in his right hand and a small brass bell in his left. Before him sits a large deity murti pair of seated figures, one with a red and white headpiece and garlanded red-and-white attire, the other with an ornate crown and red-green garment, both draped in red and white flower garlands. A brass oil lamp stands at left, and a golden kalasha-like base sits in front of the murti with a dark stone pedestal below. A second man in pale robes is partly visible at far left. Grey stone pillars frame the shrine under dark trees.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16Night-time abhishekam at a stone shrine in front of a large black stone statue of Shiva and Parvati, seated together and garlanded with marigold and red flower garlands. Three priests stand on a wet stone floor: two in saffron-orange dhotis with bare upper bodies, one in a peach-orange cloth holding a silver vessel and wearing a gold-bead necklace. A small brass lamp stands at right, and a small silver deity figure sits on a platform in front. The scene is a shrine ritual; no one is identified.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16Night abhishekam at a temple shrine: a large metal murti of Shiva and Parvati seated together on a dark stone peetha, garlanded with yellow and orange marigold strings, with a white ritual cloth draped over the lingam base. Priests in saffron/orange dhotis, one with bare back and long hair, pour liquid from a silver vessel and hold metal pots and offerings. A worshipper in orange crouches at lower right. A brass oil lamp stands at the right edge beside white stone pillars.2007-02-16A photograph taken at night of a temple abhishekam. A bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair and a white forehead mark, wearing an orange cloth, pours water from a silver vessel over a black stone lingam set before two decorated deity murti figures, one of which wears a red and white sari-like garment and yellow-and-red marigold garlands. Around the lingam is a yellow turmeric-stained base. Behind him, a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha-style necklace stands at left, a man in a cream dhoti with a gold chain and red-striped cloth stands next to him holding a red cloth, and another orange-robed figure is partly visible at the far left edge. Marigold petals lie on the floor.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16