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A photograph inside a home shrine room with framed deity pictures on the wall, decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands. A person in a saffron-orange sleeveless garment and a white flower garland, with long dark hair, holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) before the framed images. Beside them, a man in a white shirt and white trousers stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Another person in white is partly visible at the right near a window. A brass lamp and small brass vessels sit on a shelf below the pictures. A framed poster above the window carries printed Tamil lettering.

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Indoor shrine room with framed deity pictures hung on a wall and draped with garlands of yellow marigolds and white jasmine. In the foreground, a person in a sleeveless orange robe with a white and red flower garland holds a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame toward the framed images, while beside him a man in a white shirt with a lanyard stands with hands folded in prayer. A shelf below holds brass lamps, small vessels and offerings. The scene suggests puja or aarti at a household altar.2010-02-16A photograph inside a small room with a green-tiled floor and cream walls covered in many gold-framed devotional prints and paintings of deities. In the centre, a woman in an orange sari with a white flower garland stands with her hands near her chest, facing the wall. Beside her, a figure with long dark hair wears a white kurta with an orange shawl and stands with his back to the camera. At left, a man in a pink shirt and white dhoti stands with palms pressed together beside a flaming oil lamp, and another person's hand holds a lamp near the edge of the frame. Brass lamps and small offerings sit on a low stand in the foreground.2010-02-18A photograph of a devotee in an orange sleeveless top with a white and red flower garland draped over her shoulders, facing a home shrine and holding a brass lamp in one hand. The shrine holds silver-toned deity murtis garlanded with white and pink flowers, framed pictures of deities, and a small photo of a person in orange with a saffron head covering, placed on a wooden table with flower offerings, small lamps and brass vessels. Two other people stand behind her on the right, one in white with hands folded in namaskar and a bead mala, the other in orange, and a partially visible person in the foreground wears a dark bead mala. A white wall and window frame the room.2010-01-19June 22 20142014-06-22June 27 20142014-06-27A home shrine room with framed deity prints on the wall, each garlanded with marigold and rose chains. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a long multicoloured flower garland holds a lit oil lamp in one hand and a brass bell in the other, performing aarti before the shrine. Beside him, an older man in white shirt and trousers stands with palms pressed together in prayer. In the foreground at left, a person in orange clothing with dark hair faces the shrine. On the shrine table are a brass lamp, a brass kalasha-style vessel, a small brass deity figure decorated with red and pink flowers, and a framed picture garlanded with white flowers.2010-02-17Indoor shrine room with dark wooden altar cabinets holding framed deity pictures and small brass lamps and offering plates on a low wooden platform. A grey-haired priest with bare upper body and white dhoti with a red-and-gold border stands at left, back to camera. A figure in a long orange robe with a white flower garland holds a lit lamp or flame toward the altar. Another person in orange stands behind. At right, a man in white shirt and white dhoti with glasses stands with palms joined in namaste. On the wall, a large framed portrait of an elderly saint in red-and-white garments with a staff, beside a framed photograph of two robed figures. Marble floor, white walls.2010-02-16A photograph of an indoor shrine room with white walls. A person with long dark hair, wearing an orange sleeveless top, an orange dhoti-style wrap and a marigold garland, holds a lit oil lamp aloft in one hand while a small brass bell is in the other. Beside them, a second person in orange robes with a shawl stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Framed devotional paintings of deities hang on the wall, with yellow marigold garlands draped over the frames. On a dark stone altar are brass trays of fruit, a pink flower heap, a brass kalasha-style pot, a brass lamp and a framed portrait of a seated figure with a flower garland. The scene reads as puja and aarti.2010-02-16Photograph of a home shrine room with framed deity paintings hung on a white wall, several garlanded with yellow and orange flower strands. On a black stone altar sit brass plates of fruit, flowers, a small brass lamp and offering bowls. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand at the altar; the nearer one has long swept-back hair and palms pressed together in prayer, while the other, with long dark hair and a flower garland, holds a lit oil lamp arati over a framed portrait. Their backs and profiles are visible; the nearer man's hand is partly cut off by the frame edge at right.2010-02-16A home shrine filled with framed deity pictures, silver-framed murtis and gold figurines, decorated with yellow flowers. A person with long dark hair, wearing an orange sleeveless top and a white and red flower garland, holds a lit oil lamp toward a central black-faced deity murti adorned with orange and gold garments and yellow garlands. In the lower right, a man with his back to the camera sits with his hands pressed together in prayer. Framed pictures on the walls include an old black-and-white photograph of a couple and a colourful painted goddess image. The person with the lamp has distinctive long hair and orange clothing, but appearance alone does not establish identity, so the identity is marked unsure.2010-01-10A photograph inside a home shrine with a dark wooden wall panel. A figure in saffron-orange sleeveless robes wearing a long white flower garland with green leaves holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame toward a large framed picture of a golden deity murti in an arch, with a red background, garlanded with pink and white flowers. Below, smaller framed deity images are decorated with garlands, and a framed photograph in a garland sits at the lower right. To the left, another person in orange robes stands with palms pressed together in prayer near a window. Brass dishes and a small lamp rest on the stone ledge. The shrine picture is a deity murti, so the scene is a devotional lamp offering. The figure with the lamp has long dark hair, orange clothing, a white garland and a sheer orange wrap, consistent with a person presentation, while the person praying at left is a devotee.2010-02-16Photograph of a domestic shrine room with framed deity paintings on the walls and a dark wooden altar ledge holding oil lamps, brass plates and small offerings. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a sacred thread, stands at left tending the altar. A woman in a bright orange sari, with long hair and a flower garland, stands at centre extending her hand toward the shrine. Behind her another woman in orange stands near a large framed portrait of a bearded sannyasi in red and orange robes holding a staff. At right a man in a white shirt and glasses stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, and a woman in a green sari is partly visible at the edge.2010-02-16