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A 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.

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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.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 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 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 man in a saffron-orange sleeveless robe and matching shawl stands at a white-draped table, scattering flower petals with his right arm extended toward a wall. He has long dark hair swept back. Beside a framed portrait edged with yellow and red marigold garlands, the table holds bowls of fruit, apples, sweets, brass vessels, a brass plate of decorative items and small oil lamps. Two men in white shirts and white trousers stand at left, one holding a lit oil lamp, the other with a lanyard, with a barred window behind them. The scene appears to be a puja before a garlanded portrait, and a printed ' with '' overlaid on the image2009-09-15Photograph inside a small home shrine room with cream walls and framed devotional pictures decorated with flower garlands. A large framed image of a deity murti with silver ornaments sits above a wall shelf of smaller frames, including a multi-deity picture. Five people are visible: a woman in an orange top with a pink flower garland in her hair faces the shrine, a woman in a blue sari kneels at left, a woman in a dark red sari stands at right, and a man in a lilac checked shirt stands at far right. A person in an orange robe bends low at the lower right, placing offerings before a framed photograph of a seated saffron-clad sannyasi with a garland. Devotees are doing darshan and puja in a domestic satsang setting.2010-01-23Photograph 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.2010-02-16A photograph inside a white-walled room at a house visit. A wall-mounted shrine with framed deity pictures is decorated with white and marigold garlands, and flowers and offerings sit at its base. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a marigold garland stands with hands folded in namaste before the shrine. In the foreground, a figure with long dark hair wears an orange robe with a pink-edged shawl and faces the shrine. On the right, an older man in white shirt and white dhoti folds his hands in prayer beside a silver tray holding a kalasha-style arrangement with flowers. a person: the central figure in saffron-orange with long swept-back hair and a marigold garland is a candidate for a person, though the cues are limited.2010-02-17A photograph of a home shrine room with framed deity paintings on a white wall, several garlanded with yellow marigold strands. On a black marble ledge below sit brass oil lamps, a brass pooja tray, small framed pictures, and a kalasha-style brass vessel. In the centre, a man in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back hair and a white-and-yellow flower garland holds a lit wick to a lamp, performing aarti. Beside him, a second saffron-clad man with hands folded in prayer stands near a woman in a patterned sari, and a man in white stands at the left edge. The people appear to be performing puja before the shrine.2010-02-16A 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.2010-02-17