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October 04 20112011-10-04October 04 20112011-10-04Night photograph of an illuminated shrine with a white stone arch framed in gold, holding a seated deity murti of a male and female form adorned with red and yellow flower garlands and red cloth backdrop. Gold-coloured brass lamps and oil lamp stands stand before the murti. Three silhouetted people in the foreground perform aarti: the figure at left raises a lamp, the central figure holds a lit lamp aloft, and a figure at right holds a flaming lamp. Orange curtains hang beside the shrine and a metal railing lines the foreground.2010-07-13November 01 20112011-11-01November 29 20112011-11-29 +1 copiesOctober 06 20112011-10-06Night-time temple ritual at a stone shrine with carved pillars and red velvet drapes. A bald man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl raises a multi-branched aarti lamp toward a decorated deity murti with a crown, garlanded in marigolds and flowers. A woman in orange robes and a rudraksha mala kneels nearby on a striped mat, and other white-clad devotees stand in the background. A brass lamp stand and oil lamps sit on the platform, with more lamps glowing beyond.2007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16A photograph of a temple abhishekam at a shrine with orange and red drapes and carved stone pillars. In the foreground, a bald priest in orange robes with a rudraksha mala pours liquid from a vessel over a golden deity murti of a standing figure in green and gold robes, set in a gold-rimmed basin. Beside him, a man in white dhoti with a sacred thread and gold-edged cloth holds a brass plate. Behind them, a large altar holds deity murtis draped in orange and purple, with garlands of marigolds and a gold-rimmed kalasha. Two standing deity figures in gold and purple stand at the rear, and a small figure appears at the far left edge.2011-10-06January 17 20102010-01-17November 12 20102010-11-12April 10 20142014-04-10