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A photograph of a temple ritual in a stone-pillared shrine. A priest in white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and a red rudraksha-style mala pours water from a silver vessel into the cupped hands of a seated devotee in white shirt and white dhoti with a red thread on his wrist. Brass oil lamps on stands, a small figure and sculpted granite pillars stand behind them, and a red cloth hangs at the right.

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February 27 20162016-02-27February 27 20162016-02-27 +1 copiesAugust 28 20122012-08-28A photograph of a temple puja at a shrine. A man in white dhoti and shawl with gold-bordered cloth, bare-chested with a sandalwood tilak on his forehead, sits on the floor pouring liquid from a glass vessel onto a copper shivalinga-style vessel on a wooden stand. A second man in white sits behind him, holding a small pot. Brass and silver puja vessels, a gilded arched backdrop with red and gold drapery, and orange cloth fill the scene, with a pink flower at the base of the stand.2008-10-23November 19 20122012-11-19A photograph inside a temple shrine with stone pillars and a red curtain, palm trees visible through the open walls. Two men in white clothes sit on a dark stone platform with their palms extended toward a small brass oil lamp burning on the ledge; the man on the left wears dark-rimmed glasses and a white shirt with a red wristband, and the man on the right wears green-rimmed glasses and a white shirt with a red thread at his neck. Behind them, a bare-chested priest in white on the far left holds a silver bowl near a deity murti adorned with garlands and an orange cloth. Brass lamps stand beside the altar, and a white-clad figure sits at the right edge.2016-02-27 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20072007-01-01 +1 copiesDecember 21 20102010-12-21A temple homa or yagna in progress before a gilded shrine with two deity murtis draped in garlands and yellow cloth. A shirtless young priest in white dhoti and yellow silk dhoti with a patterned border pours liquid from a vessel into a fire pit with flames. An older man with glasses and a pink-violet shawl over white clothes stands beside him, leaning in to assist. A seated priest in white dhoti sits at the fire pit, and a man in a green cap and white kurta with a garland stands at right with palms joined. Brass lamps, kalashas, marigold garlands and scattered flower petals fill the foreground.2013-07-18Photo 11730649 +1 copiesOctober 01 20102010-10-01A man in white ritual clothing leans over a black stone abhishekam basin in a temple, pouring water from a brass pot onto a golden shivalinga-style object. He wears thin-rimmed glasses, a dark rudraksha mala, and a visitor badge on his chest. Behind him, a woman in a red sari sits near the basin. To the left stand brass bells, a brass cup and a small wooden table decorated with a yellow flower garland. Carved grey granite pillars frame the scene.2010-01-17