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A 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.

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Photograph 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 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 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.2010-02-16Indoor 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 inside a room with white walls where a shrine wall displays framed devotional paintings of deities, including a vina-playing goddess and a green-skinned deity, with garlands of yellow flowers hanging on the frames. On a black marble altar below, brass lamps, plates of offerings, bananas, apples and rose petals are arranged. A person in a saffron-orange robe with long dark hair and a garland leans forward to place white flowers before the altar. Beside them, a man in a white dhoti and shirt holds a brass tray of white flowers. Other devotees in white and saffron stand in the background.2010-02-16A woman in an orange sari with a white flower garland stands with her back to the camera in a small shrine room, holding a lit oil lamp in her right hand. Gold-framed deity pictures and painted panels cover the walls, including a lakeside scene of a figure with a trident and a bright red-framed image of a seated goddess. A small table holds a framed portrait of a woman in orange, yellow flower petals, a brass lamp stand and a tray of flowers. Green floor tiles and a bluish-white wall complete the room.2010-02-18A small room with a wooden-beamed ceiling and tiled floor, where a shrine wall is decorated with white, orange and multicoloured flower garlands. A man with long dark hair and an orange sleeveless robe with an orange shawl stands at the left, holding a lit oil lamp toward the shrine while a small flame burns. Behind him a monk in orange robes stands with hands folded in prayer, a woman in a white sari with gold border and gold bangles folds her hands, and a man in a white shirt and glasses presses his palms together at the right. Framed pictures and oil lamps sit on the altar, with flower offerings in front.2010-02-15February 02 20102010-02-02A small shrine room with cream walls and a wooden cabinet. A woman in an orange sleeveless garment with a white and red flower garland performs aarti, holding a lit oil lamp toward a framed portrait and a gold deity murti with flowers. A man in a white kurta and a woman in a blue and gold sari stand behind her with palms pressed together. A white figure seated with a red flower garland, framed photos and flower offerings sit on the cabinet top. Brass lamps and plates of offerings are arranged in front of the shrine.2010-02-18A man in an orange saffron dhoti and orange shawl, with a white and multicoloured flower garland around his neck, stands at a home shrine holding a brass bell in his left hand and a lit oil lamp in his right. A devotee with folded hands stands at the left edge, and another person is partly visible at the right. The shrine cabinet is red-brown wood, decorated with white daisies, pink and yellow flowers, a green coconut and framed pictures of deities. A barred window with ornate iron grille is behind. The scene shows aarti being performed in a home puja room. The man has long swept-back hair and a dark rudraksha-style mala is not clearly visible; cues for the probable identity are limited to his orange clothing, long hair and garland, so the identity is uncertain.2010-02-15November 25 20092009-11-25June 27 20142014-06-27