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A dim, whitewashed interior corner of a small shrine room with a narrow barred window high on the wall. A low wooden cabinet with a red cloth draped over its top stands beside a wooden shelf holding several small brass deity murtis and a bell-like metal ritual object. A stone platform step sits in the foreground, with a grey stone pillar and a brass vessel nearby. No people are visible.

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March 01 20182018-03-01March 01 20182018-03-01A dim, plastered room with peeling walls and a bare hanging lamp. On the left stands a life-size lifelike statue of a bearded, long-haired man in a rust-orange robe, rudraksha mala beads and bangles, hands pressed together in greeting. A cloth-draped wooden swing or seat with red and white flower garlands sits on the right beside a small brass puja setup with a plate of flowers, a brass lamp and small bells, and a stone seat with a Shivalinga-like object. A large brass vessel sits in the lower left. No living people are visible.2018-03-01A dim, weathered stone room with peeling pale blue-grey plaster walls and a worn concrete floor. In the corner stands a carved golden wooden shrine canopy with a thin kalasha-like top, draped with garlands of white jasmine and red roses and green leaves. Beside it is a small raised stone platform with a brass shrine figure or small murti, and a brass tray holding small brass lamps, a kumkum-like powder container, flowers and a brass bowl. A small oil lamp hangs from the upper left wall on a chain. No people are visible.2018-03-01November 10 20062006-11-10Photograph of an interior room with a thatched roof and plain white walls, where a figure in an orange saffron wrap and orange headwear stands with their back to the camera, facing a group of gold-coloured metal deity statues and other bronze figures on the floor and a low ledge. Several men in white dhotis and shirts, one holding a red cloth bundle, stand at the left near a wooden door. Metal tripod-like stands and equipment sit among the statues. The figure's back is bare above the wrap, with long dark hair visible, and the scene is dimly lit.2006-12-20An unfinished interior of a concrete-block building under a corrugated metal roof with exposed steel trusses. Bare grey breeze-block walls surround a rectangular window opening with a light-coloured sill, a doorway with a brown wooden frame leads into a further unpainted room, and a small woven basket sits on the sill. Debris and rubble lie on the rough floor, and a wooden door panel is at the left edge. No people are visible.2007-05-19March 01 20182018-03-01A dim stone-walled room with a life-sized statue of a bearded man in a rust-red dhoti and shawl, hands folded in namaskar, wearing a rudraksha-style mala and bangles. Beside it stands a wooden palanquin-like frame draped with white and red flower garlands. In the foreground is a brass tray with puja items, a small brass lamp and a bowl of offerings, plus a brass vessel at left and a raised stone pedestal with flower garlands at right. No living people are visible. The statue is a figure, not a physical person, and no name is legibly printed in the scene.2018-03-01Indoor workshop scene with several gilded metal deity murtis standing on wooden bases, a wooden palanquin-style cradle or swing frame, and brass lamps and bells spread on a white cloth on the floor. A man in white dhoti and shirt on the left presses his palms together in namaskar, his neck garlanded. On the right, a person in orange-red robes with a yellow border holds a shallow brass bowl and stands beside the wooden frame, head bowed. Behind them are a plain whitewashed wall, a caged light fixture and a framed picture. Three people are visible in total, one partially at the left edge.2014-08-06March 01 20182018-03-01A life-size figure of a long-haired, bearded man in a rust-red dhoti-style wrap with gold-bordered edge stands with palms joined in anjali before a wooden shrine decorated with white and red flower garlands. The figure wears a rudraksha mala, a beaded bracelet, and a gold-tipped shawl. The shrine sits beside a bare plaster wall with a hanging oil lamp and small offerings on a wooden stand. The scene appears to be a wax or sculpted figure rather than a living person, with the greater part of the setting being a worn, whitewashed ritual room.2018-03-01