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December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25A photograph of a temple ritual at an outdoor shrine decorated with marigold and yellow flower garlands. A young man in orange robes and a gold necklace holds a brass lamp with an orange cloth on its base. Beside him, a person in orange robes with long dark hair leans forward, arm extended toward a large gold kalasha on a flower-draped altar. Behind them stands a deity murti with a crown and jewelled gold ornaments, and a seated goddess-like figure in red and gold sari with a garland, and a blue-draped figure in front. Purple and white garlands wrap the altar. Two people are visible, performing puja.2009-12-24March 07 20132013-03-07November 09 20072007-11-09A person in an orange saffron garment with a dark, voluminous hairstyle and a peacock-feather headband stands at left, reaching toward a tall flower-decorated structure. Two painted or masked deity figures sit on a raised white platform under a canopy; the figure in green and red has a golden face mask, a red turban and a red sash. The garlands are white, yellow, pink and purple, with a kalasha-like bowl of flowers at top and a dark blue embroidered cloth below. Behind is an orange and white decorated backdrop with mirror work. A purple and yellow skirt hangs at the platform's base.2007-12-25A photograph of an abhishekam being performed before a deity murti decorated with dense garlands of red, yellow, purple and white flowers. A woman in a rudraksha headband and rudraksha mala, wearing gold bangles and a dark red-and-gold garment, pours water from a vessel over the murti, which is dressed with a red cloth. A shaved-headed man in an orange-red garment and rudraksha beads holds a silver vessel beside her, and a second shaved-headed man in white stands at the left edge. Water streams down onto the stone base as the flower-draped deity glows in warm lamplight.2015-02-17 +1 copiesA temple ritual photograph of a deity murti decorated with a large garland of marigolds and white flowers, with a shaped gold and orange headdress on the murti and a silver face or mask above. A man in orange cloth with long dark hair and a rudraksha-style garland stands on a raised platform behind the murti, holding a silver vessel. Below, a man in white dhoti with an orange shawl holds a white cloth or tray of offerings, and another man in an orange shawl holds a tray with yellow flowers. Stone pillars and carved arches frame the shrine, with a red curtain at right and a framed picture at lower right.2007-12-26A photograph of a shrine niche with a seated orange-robed statue wearing an orange head wrap and a white flower garland, set in a white-painted stone frame. A man with long dark hair, white forehead marking, white flower garland and orange cloth stands in profile at right, one hand raised toward the statue in reverence. Pink and purple flowers sit in a small decorated pot below, with marigold petals on the shrine base. Two women in the background, one in red and one in orange, watch from a temple entrance.2009-08-08Photograph of a temple shrine with two priests in orange-red dhotis performing worship before a central deity murti. A bald priest on the left, bending forward with bare upper body and a sacred thread, offers something from a white bowl. A second priest in a patterned cloth seated beside him holds a small vessel. Behind them stands a gold arched frame around a pair of deity figures in orange and purple garments with crowns, garlanded with pink and yellow flowers. A lingam-like object with a silver snake hood sits in front, draped in marigold and pink garlands. A standing devotee figure in a niche on the right wears red and white. Fruit, flowers and offerings lie on the floor. This is a padapuja-style puja setting in a temple.2014-06-06A man in an orange sleeveless top and orange dhoti, with a dark bun, a white tilak on his forehead and white paste on his upper arm, stands at left and reaches toward a golden crown-shaped headdress on a deity murti. The murti is draped with red and yellow marigold garlands, a white and orange cloth, and jewelled gold necklaces, and sits in a gold-framed shrine. In the lower left, a white marble statue in an orange robe and a gold-bordered head covering sits with a raised hand. Brass oil lamps and a brass kalasha-like vessel stand before the shrine.2010-07-21A man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl with gold border stands at a black stone lingam garlanded with white jasmine and red-yellow flowers. He wears a long rudraksha mala and a tilak, and holds a white conch shell raised toward the lingam, performing abhishekam. Behind him a golden-faced statue wearing a red turban and red-and-yellow garlands stands beside the altar, and bright floral garlands hang at right.2014-11-28