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November 09 20072007-11-09January 04 20152015-01-04November 01 20112011-11-01A photograph of a temple shrine with a stone pillared porch. Central deity murti figures, dressed in gold and red with yellow and pink marigold garlands draped over their shoulders, sit before a flower-bedecked stone platform. A standing man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, bare-chested with a white garland, holds a brass lamp or aarti vessel toward the deities as a smoke trail rises. On the left, a man in white ritual clothes and an orange sash stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Behind them, white-clad attendants hold colourful umbrellas beneath trees, and the platform edge is decorated with flower strings.2007-07-29A photograph of a ceremonial pada puja in a temple-style hall. A long-haired man in orange-saffron robes and a multi-coloured flower garland sits on a gold-trimmed throne with a red cushion, smiling and holding his palms together in greeting. Before him, a shaven-headed priest in saffron dhoti and shawl with white ritual markings on his chest and arms stands with palms joined, facing the seated figure. Other men in white and yellow stand to the side, one in a beige shirt also with folded hands. Behind them is a backdrop of a deity murti draped in garlands, with trays of fruit and flowers placed at the foot of the throne.2010-09-18A bald man in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala places a garland of orange flower-like beads around the neck of a smiling young man in a white t-shirt and dark trousers. Behind them, other people in white and orange clothing stand under a covered open-sided hall with orange cloth hanging from the pillars, and a carved stone pillar with reliefs is visible at left. A woman in white is visible at right near an orange-painted wall.2011-08-19November 01 20112011-11-01July 07 20092009-07-07March 31 20082008-03-31A photograph of a temple shrine with stone pillars and a carved granite canopy. A man in saffron-orange robes with a white garland stands at the left, holding a lamp or aarti vessel toward the deities. The central murti is adorned with thick garlands of yellow, orange, red and white flowers; a figure in a green sari stands beside a crowned deity. Below, a stone platform is decorated with a row of pink, yellow and white flower garlands. A devotee in white clothes with orange shoulder cloth stands at the left edge with hands folded in prayer. Umbrellas and other figures are visible in the background under trees.2007-07-29November 09 20072007-11-09September 11 20122012-09-11 +1 copies