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A golden shrine inside a temple with ornate gilded arches and pillars. An elderly man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands on the left with hands pressed together in namaskar, facing the shrine. At the centre, a shirtless priest in orange cloth lifts a lit lamp toward a deity murti with a crown, adorned with red and white garlands. Another figure in orange cloth stands behind a black curtain, and a brass vessel sits on the shrine platform beside a small decorative stand. A framed picture hangs on the left wall. The scene shows temple worship and darshan.

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A photograph inside a gilded temple shrine. In the foreground at left, an elderly man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands with his back to the camera, palms pressed together in namaste. Center right, a bare-chested priest in an orange-saffron dhoti stands at the shrine, touching or offering to a deity figure. The gold-painted shrine holds a seated deity murti with a crown and ornate gold attire, garlanded with marigolds and flower strings, plus a small decorated image in front and a brass vessel on the platform. Gold pillars and a gold arch frame the scene, with a further gold-clad figure and a garlanded statue at right.2019-04-07Interior of a gold-trimmed temple shrine. In the foreground an older man with grey hair, wearing a white shirt and white dhoti, stands with palms pressed together in prayer, seen from behind. Beside a gilded shrine, a priest with a black turban and bare upper body in orange cloth lights or offers near a decorated deity murti; the deity is adorned with red and green garlands and a crown, and a small silver-and-blue figure stands on the altar. Another orange-clad attendant stands to the left and a red-and-gold statue of a guardian figure with a garland is at the right. A brass pot sits on the platform, and a framed picture hangs on the wall at upper left.2019-04-07April 07 20192019-04-07April 07 20192019-04-07Photograph at a temple shrine with an ornate gold-framed deity murti of a multi-armed deity in a red backdrop, decorated with red and yellow marigold garlands, flanked by tall brass oil lamps. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and dark trousers bends to light a brass oil lamp (aarti) at the base of the shrine. To the right, a person in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands with palms pressed together in prayer, and at the left edge another person in orange clothing also joins palms in devotion. The stone shrine platform carries carved reliefs. Count: 3 physical people visible.2010-06-18July 06 20132013-07-06Photo of a temple shrine with an ornate golden arch framing a deity murti decorated with red and yellow marigold garlands, a silver kalasha-like pedestal before it. In the foreground a man in a white shirt leans forward to light a brass oil lamp on a stone ledge. To the left, a man in orange clothing stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Three people are visible.2010-06-18January 03 20152015-01-03September 02 20172017-09-02A temple shrine scene with a golden arched niche holding a deity murti of a seated couple adorned with flower garlands, gold crowns and red-and-gold garments. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt stands with hands folded in namaskar, and a figure in a white dhoti and white shirt stands at the altar offering a lit aarti or oil lamp. A person in a saffron-orange robe with an orange head wrap and long dark hair stands with back to camera, beside an altar with brass lamps, a kalasha-like vessel, banana plants and flower decorations. A background sign and blue drapes complete the setting. The scene reads as a puja or aarti at the shrine.2008-12-30A photograph inside a temple shrine with a lit oil lamp at right. Three deity murtis stand before an ornate gilded backdrop, garlanded with multicoloured flower strings in red, pink, yellow and white. At centre, a seated deity murti wears gold ornaments and a crown beside a larger standing figure. Two devotees face the shrine: a man in a white shirt at left holds folded white cloth, and a person in a dark red-brown robe with a white flower garland at right has hands raised in offering. The scene reads as puja with garlands and folded cloth offered to the deities.2015-01-03July 20 20102010-07-20