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November 07 20132013-11-07November 07 20132013-11-07A priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a cream turban, rudraksha mala and red bindi, sits at night beside a deity murti heavily decorated with yellow marigold garlands and red roses. He holds a small oil lamp with a lit flame over a brass plate, with silver vessels, a bowl of offerings and a kalasha-like pot arranged in front. Leaves and a visible incense smoke haze surround the murti.2013-11-07A priest in white ritual dress performs an aarti before a decorated deity murti. He wears a cream turban, white dhoti and shawl, a rudraksha mala across his chest and a beaded rudraksha bracelet on his arm. He holds a flaming camphor lamp in a silver plate over the murti and rings a silver bell in his other hand. The deity is adorned with yellow and red flower garlands and a silver crown, with smoke drifting through the scene and a silver vessel at the lower left.2013-11-07A young man in a white dhoti-style wrap and a golden-yellow patterned turban performs a ritual gesture with his palms pressed together before his chest, eyes lowered. He wears a red tilak on his forehead, rudraksha bead bracelets on his wrists and upper arm, and a rudraksha mala necklace. White ash stripes mark his shoulders and arms. Yellow marigold flowers and a silver vessel sit at the lower edge against a dark background.2013-10-16A night-time photograph of a shaved-headed priest in white ritual dhoti and shawl, seated with palms pressed together in prayer before a white marble deity murti dressed in a green and gold garment with a gold crown, hands folded in namaskar. Strands of rudraksha mala hang around the murti and the priest's neck, and the murti is garlanded with white jasmine and red flower garlands. Behind it on a white-draped altar stands a black shiva lingam with a red cloth. In front are a brass kalasha pot with yellow flowers, a silver ritual vessel, a brass oil lamp with a lit wick, and a small brass pooja vessel. Rows of black stone lingams fill the background. Printed credits in the corner read copyright text and a source line.2011-09-08October 15 20132013-10-15August 08 20112011-08-08January 07th 20152015-01-07December 31 20112011-12-31August 08 20112011-08-08September 08 20112011-09-08