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A shaved-headed man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border stands with his back to the camera at an orange-fronted altar counter, holding a lit multi-branched brass oil lamp toward a shrine. Inside the stone shrine, a painted deity murti pair sits on a raised pedestal draped with red cloth, garlanded with white and red flower garlands, flanked by a gilded arch and a smaller standing figure in orange and gold. Brass lamps and offerings sit on the altar, with a red curtain at the right edge. Pure white ritual clothing, no visible a person cues.

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December 06 20132013-12-06A photograph of a temple shrine with a gold-framed arch housing a deity murti pair, a male deity with a crown and a female figure in a blue sari, decorated with white and red garlands. A man in white dhoti and shawl stands at left holding a brass lamp or vessel, facing the shrine. A small figure of a seated devotee or child is partly visible behind a stone ledge. Red curtains hang behind the deities; a standing deity figure in orange stands at right. The setting is an open stone-pillared mandapa with grey granite walls.2013-12-06A priest in a white dhoti and shawl stands at the left edge, facing a shrine and waving a long white cloth or fan toward it. The shrine has an ornate gold arch, red and pink draped cloth, and gray stone pillars. At its center sits a deity murti of a seated figure with a crown and four arms, flanked by a second deity figure in blue and red garments. Garlands of white and orange flowers hang from the central murti. A smaller gilded figure stands at the right in orange cloth. Brass vessels and a lamp sit on the stone platform in front. No a person candidate is visible.2013-12-06December 06 20132013-12-06A photograph of a shrine at an outdoor temple structure with grey stone pillars and a gold-framed arch. A priest in a white dhoti and shawl, seen from behind, raises a brass lamp with flaming wicks toward the shrine. Inside, a pair of deity murti, one in red with a crown and garland, one in a blue sari-like garment, sit on a blue-draped platform with white and red flower garlands, brass vessels and a kalasha. A smaller standing figure in orange and gold stands at the right. This shows an aarti being performed before the deities.2013-12-06A man in a white dhoti and white shawl stands at the left edge, seen from behind, holding a brass lamp with a lit flame before a shrine. Inside the golden-arched shrine, a deity murti with a crown and gold garlands sits beside a consort figure in blue and pink, with a red drape behind them and red-and-white flower garlands. To the right, a smaller figure in orange robes stands under a gold arch. Brass puja vessels and plates sit on the stone ledge in front, with a grey stone temple structure around the shrine.2013-12-06A priest in white dhoti and shawl, bare-armed and with a red thread on his wrist, waves a lit camphor or oil lamp before a shrine. Behind him a deity murti of a goddess in red and gold drapery sits within a gilded arch, adorned with white and red garlands, with a smaller figure in an alcove to the right. Brass ritual implements, a peacock-shaped object and a flat brass fan sit on a stone platform in the foreground. Stone pillars with carved panels frame the shrine, as in an outdoor temple.2013-12-07December 06 20132013-12-06A photograph of a temple shrine with a priest in white dhoti and shawl lighting a tiered brass lamp (aarti) before a deity murti set in a gold-framed niche with red drapery. Two standing female-form murtis are visible, one wearing a crown and holding objects, the other in blue and pink garments, with white and red garlands draped on the central image. A second, smaller shrine figure in orange and yellow drapery sits to the right. A second man in white is partly visible bending at the bottom edge. Grey stone pillars and carved walls frame the scene.2013-12-06December 06 20132013-12-06A photograph of an outdoor temple shrine with a stone and gold-arched sanctum. A priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold border, seen from behind, raises a lit oil lamp toward the deities. Inside the shrine, a gilded deity murti with garlands sits before red drapes, with a smaller standing deity in a gold-framed niche to the right. Brass ritual implements and a small oil lamp lie on the stone platform in front. The shrine has carved pillars and a wooden ceiling. No one identifiable as a person is visible.2013-12-07December 06 20132013-12-06