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A photograph inside a temple shrine doorway where a deity murti is decorated with garlands of yellow, red and white flowers, set before an ornate silver arch. An older bearded man with long white hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, holds a brass plate of lit oil lamps toward the deity while a bare-chested younger man in a peach-coloured dhoti and rudraksha mala assists him. Two people in orange garments stand at left, one raising hands in worship, and a brass vessel sits on the floor near the shrine. The scene reads as an aarti being performed during darshan.

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May 12 20122012-05-12February 02 20102010-02-02May 28 20122012-05-28 +1 copiesA photograph inside a shrine alcove during a lamp-lit puja. An elderly bare-chested priest with white sacred markings and a rudraksha mala stands at a golden-framed altar holding his hand over the flame. Beside him a figure in orange robes with a gold-trimmed cloth and a garland of yellow flowers stands with hands folded. On the right a shaven-headed priest in white dhoti and gold-bordered cloth holds a lit aarti lamp toward the altar. The altar is hung with a pink flower garland and has silver vessels, green leaves and a deity murti under a silver canopy. Lit oil lamps line the arched niche. Three people are visible.2012-05-12May 28 20122012-05-28 +1 copiesMay 12 20122012-05-12May 08 20122012-05-08A photograph of a temple doorway decorated with rows of small lights and flower garlands. A figure in an orange saffron robe and orange head wrap, with long dark hair swept back, holds his hands over a brass oil lamp with a lit flame on a tray. Beside him an older man with white hair and a white beard, wearing a golden-yellow shawl and glasses, also holds his hands over the lamp in worship. Behind them a bare-chested priest with a sacred thread and gold necklace stands near a golden deity frame and garlands inside the shrine. A portion of another person is visible at the far left edge.2005-12-31May 10 20122012-05-10A photograph of an aarti at a shrine niche lined with warm lights and a white arched carved canopy. A bare-shouldered man with a shaved head, wearing a reddish-orange dhoti with gold borders and a red-and-gold garland, holds a lit lamp toward a small deity murti surrounded by a pink flower garland. Beside him a woman in orange garments with a gold-beaded neck garland stands with her hands joined in prayer. On the right a bald man in a white dhoti and shawl with gold borders holds a brass bell. Brass urns and offerings sit on the altar base. Visible iconography is not clearly identified; the man with the lamp shows distinctive orange-and-gold attire and beaded adornment, but appearance alone does not establish identity.2012-05-12May 10 20122012-05-10June 05 20122012-06-05