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A photograph of an outdoor temple terrace at dusk with white stone pillars and a polished dark floor. A single person in white ritual clothes with maroon edging sits cross-legged with their back to the camera, facing a lit oil lamp and a small framed portrait on a stand in the background. The portrait shows a figure in orange, but it is a printed picture, not a physical person. To the left are brass lamps and garlanded deity figures in pink and red garments. In the foreground right is a square brick fire pit (homa kunda) beside a white-draped seat with a small book. Modern buildings and trees appear beyond the railing.

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A covered open-air hall with white pillars and a dark polished floor shows a seated ritual in progress. In the foreground a person in white robes with dark trim sits at left beside a small brick-lined fire pit (homa/yagna) with burning sticks, a lit oil lamp and offerings. Behind a white draped seat or cushion stands in the centre. Six seated devotees in mixed clothing, including a man in white shirt, women in red and blue saris and a child, sit on mats facing the fire, with flower garlands and marigolds on the floor. A framed portrait of a woman in red hangs at left, and a black stone deity murti sits at right beside a mirror.2009-09-20February 01 20152015-02-01Evening photograph inside a white temple-style hall with pillars, framed deity pictures on the upper walls and open shrine doorways. A seated man in white clothes with a yellow shawl sits on a mat before a small square fire pit holding a flame and a brass bowl. A standing man in white dhoti and shirt with a mala bends toward a gilded throne-like seat on the right, where a framed portrait with a garland sits. Devotees in striped shirts and white clothes sit on mats in the foreground. Other figures on the left include a deity statue in yellow-and-gold draping. Pooja or homa offerings are arranged on the floor, including a plate and brass items.Dusk-lit interior of a white temple-style hall with a polished floor and carved pillars. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a yellow shawl sits cross-legged on a green mat beside a small wooden table holding a lit oil lamp, a brass bell and a plate. A standing man in white dhoti and shirt with a long mala bends forward toward a shrine. Several seated devotees in white and a striped red shirt face the shrine. Framed portraits hang on the walls, a golden throne-like seat holds a framed portrait, and a gold-tiered kalasha-style structure stands at right. Deity murti figures appear at the left edge.2007-01-07December 28 20112011-12-28December 28 20112011-12-28Indoor temple photograph showing a priest in white dhoti and shirt seated at a low brick fire pit (homa kunda) with smoke rising, holding a lit oil lamp in his hand. Behind him an altar holds a golden-framed deity murti under a decorated canopy, flanked by carved dvarapala-style figures and dark red drapes. Brass lamps stand around the fire pit and a tiger-striped cushion rests on a seat at right.2009-09-22December 28 20112011-12-28December 28 20112011-12-28Dim interior of a temple hall at dusk with a glossy floor and white pillars. In the foreground, three seated men in white kurta-style clothes sit on green and patterned mats around a square fire pit with a flame, with an oil lamp and brass items nearby. A woman in a yellow sari and a woman in blue sit at the right edge. Framed portraits hang on the walls, and a framed photo of a woman in orange sits on a stand at left, with a gilded shrine and a deity murti in an alcove. A standing figure in dark clothes walks in the background.2007-01-07A photograph inside a temple shrine with white walls and carved pillars. A man in white ritual clothes with a white cloth over his shoulder holds a burning flame or aarti lamp toward deity murti decorated with garlands, while a second person in a yellow shawl kneels in the foreground. Brass oil lamps stand on either side, a square white fire pit with ash sits at right, smoke rises in the air, and framed deity pictures with red garlands hang on the walls.2009-09-22A photograph of a homa being performed inside a temple hall with white pillars and walls. A square brick fire pit holds a lit flame, with brass oil lamps and offering plates set around it on the floor. Several women sit on the floor around the fire: one in white with her back to the camera, one in a yellow-striped white garment, one in a green sari, and one in a grey sari with hands folded. A framed portrait with a red-and-green garland hangs on the back wall, and a deity murti stands at left beside floral decorations.