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May 29 20152015-05-29A photograph inside a temple shrine with terracotta-red walls and a painted green-and-yellow arched pediment. Three black stone deity murtis stand in the niche, dressed in white cloth, gold garlands and orange-and-green drapes. A woman in a white sari with an orange shawl stands at left with her back to the camera, facing the deities. At centre-right a man in an orange-red dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha-style mala gestures toward the murtis with an open hand. Behind him several men in orange and white ritual clothes, one shaved-headed, stand near the doorway. Five people are visible in total.2015-05-30July 09 20172017-07-09A temple scene during a ritual. In the foreground, a bare-chested priest in a rust-orange and maroon dhoti with a white flower garland raises a silver vessel toward a black stone deity murti decorated with white and red flower garlands and a red-and-gold cloth. Beside him, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with an orange-brown shawl stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Behind them, a crowd of devotees presses forward under a decorated tent canopy with red and maroon drapes. Yellow and red painted decorative borders run along the temple wall.2014-06-19Inside a temple hall, a man in a deep red-maroon robe and a red-orange turban, wearing white and red flower garlands, walks forward with a smile and his hands held together in front of him. Beside him a man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha-style mala moves in the same direction. To the right, a black stone deity murti stands in an alcove, dressed in white cloth, decorated with white and red flower garlands and a rudraksha-bead necklace. A devotee in white head covering stands at the lower right near a brass tray. Other people in orange and white clothing stand in the background, and a canopy with floral trim is visible at the upper left.2014-06-19July 13 20092009-07-13June 29 20142014-06-29July 16 20192019-07-16June 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copiesMarch 01 20182018-03-01A photograph inside a temple hall with deity murtis decorated with flower garlands and gold jewellery. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala, raises one finger and speaks while standing before a tiered tray of fruit and sweets. Beside him a long-haired man in an orange garment and gold necklace smiles, and in the foreground a woman in a brown embroidered shawl and a man in a patterned shirt with glasses stand near a brass lamp and offerings. A woman in a red sari stands at the lower right. A large ornate golden throne-like chair and a tall deity murti in the background are covered with marigold garlands. Kalasha-style offerings and brass items are on the altar. Whether the long-haired man in orange is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance.2007-11-09April 29 20182018-04-29 +2 copies