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A photograph inside a temple shrine niche lit by a line of warm lights. A figure in an orange-red wrapped garment with a gold border and a gold floral head ornament stands in profile at the left, facing a golden shrine with a white spired canopy, holding a rudraksha-style bead strand near the arm. Pink and red flower garlands decorate a small deity murti and the shrine, with brass oil lamps on the stone ledge in front. The wall is textured stone and a wooden door frame is at the left edge.

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April 29 20122012-04-29A person stands with back to the camera in a shrine niche with hands joined in prayer. They wear a rust-orange draped cloth with gold border, a gold floral head ornament, gold necklaces and a gold armlet. Before them is an ornate gold and silver shrine with pink flower garlands, a deity murti inside, and a brass oil lamp on the marble platform. White carved arch frames the niche, lined with orange lights. The person's face is not visible, so no identification is made.2012-04-29Two men in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stand before a golden shrine niche with arched pillars and a row of amber lights. The man on the left, bare-shouldered with a rudraksha mala and an armband of beads, and a red mark on his forehead, stands with hands folded. The man in the centre, bare-backed and bent forward, is offering a white flower garland at a small gilded shrine holding a deity murti, with brass lamps, kalasha-style vessels and a plate of flowers in front.2012-05-14 +1 copiesMay 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesMay 09 20122012-05-09 +2 copiesA person in an orange-red robe stands with hands folded in front of a gilded shrine niche with carved golden arches and silver pillars, lit by a row of small lamps. Inside the shrine is a golden Nataraja-style dancing figure and a deity murti; a pink flower garland hangs above. On the altar stand silver bowls and a brass kalasha, a brass oil lamp burns at the right, and a silver plate holds pink flowers. The person wears a gold-beaded necklace, a flower-patterned headband and a beaded armlet, and the image is a photograph of a temple puja setting.2012-05-11 +1 copiesMay 12 20122012-05-12A person seen from behind in a saffron-orange draped garment with gold border stands before a lit shrine in an arched alcove edged with orange lights. The figure wears a gold headband and a gold-beaded necklace, with the hair tied in a bun. Inside the gilded shrine stands a golden deity murti with pink flowers, flanked by silver pillars, a small brass oil lamp burns at the base, and a smaller figure sits to the right. The person appears to be performing puja.2012-04-29May 27 20122012-05-27 +1 copiesMay 13 20122012-05-13A bald, bare-chested priest in a maroon-orange dhoti with a gold border sits cross-legged at right in front of a golden shrine niche lit by a row of warm lamp lights. He wears a dark rudraksha mala and a thin beaded headband, with white sacred ash marks on his arms and upper body. The shrine holds a gilded deity murti with a pinkish-red flower garland, a golden arched canopy, and a dancing Nataraja-style figure at left. Brass vessels, a kalasha-like pot and a tray of pink flowers and leaves sit on the stone platform, with a brass bowl in the foreground. Setting is a temple sanctum.2012-05-13April 29 20122012-04-29