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April 14 20142014-04-14A photograph inside a temple-style hall with painted pillars and a red carpeted platform. In the foreground a bald priest in a saffron-orange shawl and red-orange dhoti, with white ash marks on his arms and red-bead bracelets, performs aarti by swinging a multi-tiered brass oil lamp with flames. Beside him a seated priest in red-orange cloth holds a bell and ritual items. Two large painted deity murti figures with crowns, four arms and green sashes stand on either side. Behind them is a framed portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban on an ornate golden throne, with brass oil lamps on the right.2014-06-11July 26 20142014-07-26A shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha beads performs aarti with a multi-tiered brass lamp holding many lit flames inside a temple shrine. He has white markings on his arms and chest. Two women in orange-red saris sit to the left near a tray of offerings and papers. Behind them stands a framed portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban on an ornate golden throne, flanked by painted deity figures with multiple arms and a gold kalasha-like ornament. Brass oil lamps stand on both sides of the red-carpeted platform.2014-06-06A shaven-headed priest, seen from behind and bare-chested with a saffron cloth and rudraksha mala over his shoulders, performs aarti with a tiered silver oil lamp holding many lit flames before a shrine. Inside the shrine stands a framed portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe, placed on a gold throne with a gold canopy. Two devotees in saffron and orange sit before the throne. Flanking the shrine are painted deity murti figures with four arms, in green and red garments, and standing brass lamps line the blue-and-orange temple walls. The scene reads as a puja at a shrine.2013-07-20June 11 20142014-06-11November 29 20132013-11-29 +3 copiesNovember 16 20132013-11-16 +1 copiesApril 14 20142014-04-14October 31 20132013-10-31 +1 copiesApril 14 20142014-04-14June 02 20142014-06-02