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July 08 2011

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A photograph inside a temple shrine. A person wearing a salmon-orange sari with a bare back and dark hair in a bun stands facing away from the camera, looking toward an altar. The altar holds two large deity murtis decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands, one in pink and gold garments and one in gold and blue. Ornate gold arches frame the shrine, with a carved stone pillar on the right, oil lamps on brass stands at the front, a blue draped platform, and red trays with brass vessels and offerings in the foreground.2011-07-08February 25 20112011-02-25 +1 copiesApril 09 20132013-04-09January 24 20162016-01-24A woman in a rust-orange sari with a long dark braid stands with her back to the camera at the granite base of a shrine, facing a deity murti pair seated on a raised throne. The murti pair wears garlands of marigold and white flowers, red and orange head-dress, and green and pink silk; brass oil lamps, a kalasha-style brass vessel, bells and offerings sit on the stone platform. Behind them a gold arch frames a yellow backdrop, with a smaller gilt niche and carved temple pillars around the open-air shrine.2013-04-09July 09 20102010-07-09A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a golden-framed niche with a deity murti of Shiva and Parvati seated together on a throne, draped in red garlands and a red cloth backdrop. A linga-like form and small offerings sit at the base, with oil lamps on stands flanking the shrine. A devotee with long dark hair, wearing a rust-orange garment, stands with folded hands facing the shrine from the foreground. A smaller painted figure in red appears in a blue-lit niche to the right. Stone pillars with carved reliefs frame the scene.2013-07-08August 05 20142014-08-05February 28 20132013-02-28October 22 20142014-10-22 +1 copiesA photograph of an illuminated stone temple shrine with carved pillars and a golden arched frame around a central deity murti decorated with garlands and layered necklaces, flanked by two smaller standing figures and a third figure on the right. Brass oil lamps stand on the platform before the murti. In the lower right foreground, a woman in a rust-orange sari with a white flower garland sits with her hands raised toward the shrine. Dusk light and warm lamps glow in the background trees.2014-10-29January 17 20102010-01-17