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April 02 2003

A photograph inside a temple hall shows a woman in a saffron-orange silk dress and orange wrap performing a padapuja-style ritual beside a large deity murti. She reaches toward the deity's face and ornaments with both hands, adjusting a jewelled chain. The murti wears a silver crown, a green and gold garment, and an orange cloth, and is framed by a gilded arch and long garlands of red, yellow, purple, and green flowers. A gilded throne-like seat with garlands sits at left. The scene reads as puja and darshan in a shrine setting.

2003 -Glimpses From Various Programs

A photograph of a deity murti in a temple shrine, adorned with yellow, red and white flower garlands and a green silk backdrop, with a golden throne-like base and a golden peacock-style carved vahana in front. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe, red tilak on his forehead and gold chains, stands holding a golden plate with a flower garland, offering it at the murti. To the left, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with white ash markings on his arms stands facing the murti. A golden trident-like staff is set against the deity.

A photograph of a seated man in orange robes and an orange head wrap performing worship before a bronze statue of Nataraja, the dancing Shiva, in a ring of flame. The statue is garlanded with red, yellow, pink and white flowers and draped with an orange cloth, set against a dark green curtain. Brass oil lamps stand on either side, and the man holds a cupped white offering or ritual item in his hands.

February 16 2016

2016-02-16 +1 copies

A photograph of a temple shrine with a bronze Nataraja murti of Shiva dancing within a flame arch, draped in orange cloth and garlanded with red, yellow, pink and white flower garlands. A single robed person in orange clothing and an orange head wrap kneels at lower left, pouring from a brass vessel over a fire pit with wooden sticks and offerings. Brass oil lamps stand on either side of the shrine in front of green curtains. The person's identity is not established from the visible cues, so the role is given as a priest performing a homa or puja.

2003-01-01 +1 copies

A man in a maroon-red robe with a gold-and-orange sash and a tilak on his forehead bends forward, offering his hands toward a large golden deity murti draped with white jasmine garlands and red flower garlands. A brown rudraksha-style mala hangs around the murti's neck. Behind him, a helper in red and orange garments holds a metal plate, a cameraman films, and a blue and pink cloth draped over the murti's pedestal. Gold carved pillars frame the temple hall.

A temple interior scene where a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands beside a decorated deity murti dressed in white and red flower garlands, with a gold crown and gold trim on a red-and-blue cloth. On the right, a figure in a sleeveless saffron-orange robe and a long white flower garland stands facing the murti with white markings on his forearm and upper arm. Beside him, a man in an orange robe stands with hands folded, and a young man on the far right joins his palms in namaskar. A man in a light blue shirt holds the left side of the murti at the edge of the frame. Brass lamps and a framed picture are visible on a wooden cabinet in the background, with a red curtain at right and a bowl of white powder on the floor in the foreground. The scene appears to show a darshan or abhishekam moment before the murti.

November 11 2014

A photo of a discourse setting with a decorated Krishna murti with a flute, flanked by garlands of white, red, yellow and green flowers, in front of a golden multi-hooded serpent canopy. To the right, a seated man in orange and saffron robes with rudraksha malas and a white-and-red forehead tilak speaks into a microphone on a stand. A forest landscape backdrop hangs behind him.

January 06 2013