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September 18 20062006-09-18A dim temple passage with dark stone walls and a fluorescent tube light overhead. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron shawl wrapped over the shoulders and body, stands with their back to the camera facing the sanctum. Beyond, a bare-chested priest in a light blue dhoti stands before a garlanded deity murti draped in red and gold cloth, framed by a row of small oil lamps along the doorway arch. The scene evokes a temple inner shrine visit.2006-09-18September 18 20062006-09-18A dim temple sanctum corridor with glowing bulb lights framing a doorway. Inside, a dark stone deity murti in a red and gold sari is garlanded with white and pink flower chains. In the foreground a priest in bare-chested white dhoti stands with his back to the camera, holding a lamp toward the deity. On the left, a figure with long dark hair in an orange-gold shawl stands in profile, observing from the shadowed wall. Carved stone walls surround the scene.2006-09-18September 18 20062006-09-18Photograph inside a dim stone temple shrine at night. A man with long, swept-back dark hair in an orange saffron robe stands centre, reaching toward a brass plate with a lit oil lamp held by a bare-chested priest with white tripundra markings on his forehead and arms, a rudraksha-style mala and a cream dhoti. At left, a man in a white shirt with an orange shawl watches. Behind them a Shiva lingam is draped with a white cloth and garlanded with marigolds, flanked by brass oil lamps on tall stands and gold-framed doorway panels. a person appears as the orange-robed figure with long hair, a candidate in the ritual scene.2006-09-18A person in a rust-red unstitched robe with a saffron-orange waist sash and a white flower garland stands in profile at left, facing a shrine niche in a dimly lit stone temple. Inside the niche, a standing deity murti with a red and gold turban, red-and-gold garments and garlands sits beside a smaller metal figure. Brass oil lamps stand on the stone ledge, and the carved temple pillars frame the scene.2014-08-05Photograph inside a golden-framed shrine niche with marble walls. A bald elderly man with a white forehead marking, a dark rudraksha mala, gold armlets and a gold-trimmed red-orange dhoti and shawl stands at left, bare-chested, gesturing toward the shrine. At right, a younger man in white dhoti and white shawl, with a beaded bracelet, holds a brass plate and lamp toward a dark stone deity murti dressed in white cloth, flower garlands and a pink flower. Two lit oil lamps stand on the altar, and a yellow cloth backs the niche. A partial figure in white is visible at far left edge.2012-05-11Photograph inside a temple corridor looking through a doorway toward a lit shrine. In the foreground a figure seen from behind wears a long saffron-orange robe wrapped over the shoulder, with long dark hair swept back, and stands in the passage. Beyond the doorway a shirtless priest in a pale blue dhoti attends a deity murti draped in a red and gold garment with a white flower garland. Marigold-style garlands and a golden arched prabhavali frame the image, lit by a row of bulbs around the doorway and a fluorescent tube overhead.2006-09-18Photograph of a temple abhishekam at night inside a stone-pillared shrine. A standing figure in saffron-orange robes, with a rudraksha mala and ornate necklaces, holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) before a dark stone Shivalinga on a black yoni-peetha base, with smoke rising from the lamp. Two assistants in white dhotis and orange-striped shawls stand behind him. On the right, a large deity murti dressed in orange and purple silk is decorated with garlands of marigolds. A small pale seated statue sits on the left edge of the basin. Devotees are partly visible in the background.2009-12-16A photograph inside a temple shrine at night. A shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti with a gold border stands at the left, bending over a stone altar set with brass oil lamps, kalasha-style vessels, plates of flowers and offerings. Behind the altar, a deity murti with a red and gold crown and a rudraksha-style garland is decorated with bright marigold and multicoloured flower garlands, flanked by smaller figures in blue and green cloth. A woman with long dark hair, wearing an orange sleeveless top and a saffron wrap, stands at right with her hands raised to her head in reverence. Two people are physically present.2011-12-10June 05 20122012-06-05