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Two bare-chested priests in white dhotis stand at night before a decorated platform with painted clay figures and white and red flower garlands. The priest on the left, with hair tied in a bun, wears a gold necklace and a striped cloth draped over his shoulder, holding a brass vessel. The priest beside him, wearing glasses and a gold necklace, raises his hands with a small object. Both have white sacred ash markings on their arms and chest. Behind the platform are painted lion figures and seated devotional statues, and a row of flower garlands and kalasha pots adorns the altar.

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Night-time photograph of a puja at an outdoor altar. Two priests in white dhoti-style clothing stand before a decorated altar; the nearer priest, bare-chested with a multi-strand gold-beaded necklace and a tied-back hairstyle, holds a brass bowl, while the other, wearing glasses and a gold bracelet, raises a hand with a gesture of blessing and has white ash marks on his arms. The altar is decorated with white jasmine and red-and-yellow flower garlands, a kalasha, and painted clay figures of deities including a seated Ganesha-like murti and a bearded deity figure, with lion figures at the base. Strings of lights glow in the background. Two physical people are visible; no a person candidate is identifiable by appearance.2017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02April 28 20172017-04-28A night-time photo of a temple ritual. In the centre, a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a gold border and a green-and-gold turban holds a lit oil lamp in both hands, with a rudraksha mala hanging from his neck and sandal-paste marks on his arms. To his left, a second priest in white dhoti and red-rimmed glasses stands with folded hands, and a third person's hands are visible at the far left. On the right, a large deity murti is decorated with yellow marigold garlands, white and purple flower strands, gold jewellery and a pink-and-green sari-like cloth, with lion figures on the pedestal and a kalasha-like vessel with flowers on top. Orange firelight glows behind them.2015-01-04September 11 20142014-09-11A night-time temple ritual photograph. A bare-chested priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a sacred thread and garland, pours liquid from a small silver vessel over a flower-decorated deity murti housed in a canopy of yellow and red garlands. Smoke and incense haze drift around the shrine, with oil lamps burning at the base and a silver bowl of offerings and flowers in front. A second bare-chested man in white dhoti with a garland stands at left, holding a microphone, and another assistant in white stands behind him. A gilded doorway with red drapery frames the right side. Appears to be an abhishekam or puja.2016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copies