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June 23 20132013-06-23 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple sanctum with a bearded priest on the left, bare-chested in an ochre dhoti and sacred thread, holding a plate with a lit oil lamp. In the centre, a bald priest with white and red forehead markings and a red rudraksha mala wears a white garland and gold armlets and stands before a doorway draped with garlands. A man with long hair and a white sacred thread on a bare back, wearing a red cloth, bends toward him. On the right, a figure in an orange-red cloth wears a red-beaded headband and garlands, while other onlookers stand nearby.2012-05-24July 03 20142014-07-03June 23 20142014-06-23 +1 copiesA photograph inside a shrine room with dark wood paneling. A woman seen from behind, with long dark hair and a red-brown garment with an orange border, holds a lit oil lamp aloft with her raised arm, wearing gold bangles and a red-and-white flower garland. Shrine altars behind her are decorated with white and red flower garlands and hold framed deity images, a golden deity murti and small brass oil lamps. On the right a man in a white shirt and gold watch stands with hands folded, and at lower right a girl in white with flowers in her hair is seated. Another man, partly visible at the far left, is bald. Reading as a puja with aarti.2014-06-21July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesA photograph inside a small domestic shrine room with a wooden cabinet holding framed deity prints garlanded with flowers. A smiling man in the centre wears a red-orange shawl, a thick red and white flower garland, a rudraksha mala and gold bangles, with white forehead markings and a red bindi. To the left, a shaved-headed priest in orange-saffron cloth with rudraksha beads tends a flame and oil lamp. On the right, another shaved-headed attendant in orange wears a rudraksha mala, and a blurred figure is at the lower right. Four physical people are visible.2014-06-22Indoor photo of a procession inside a temple hall lit by warm light. A shaved-headed man in a dark maroon dhoti and matching shawl with a red flower garland walks at the front, followed by monks in maroon and saffron-orange robes, and a man in a white dhoti with gold border. Behind them, women in saris of black, red and green stand and watch. A shrine behind holds a lit deity murti under a painted arch with two figures in ornate gold-and-red dress flanking it. A red curtain hangs at the right edge.2015-05-29 +1 copiesA pada puja ritual inside a home room. A woman in a white sari with gold border stands at left holding a lit oil lamp toward a seated woman on the right, who wears a dark maroon-red dress, a multicolour flower garland of orange, yellow and white blossoms, a red-and-white bindi-style forehead mark and gold bangles, and holds up a ceremonial lamp stand with a flame. Behind her, a blue draped backdrop is decorated with white flower strands and a floral canopy. Three men stand or kneel in the background: one in an orange shawl with a yellow beaded garland, one in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala, and one in orange robes with a rudraksha mala. A small framed deity print hangs on the wall. Stacked books sit at left.2014-06-26June 04 20122012-06-04