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Indoor 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.

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Photograph 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 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 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.2010-02-15A 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.2010-02-18Photograph 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 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.2010-02-16A photograph inside a plain white-walled hall with a red-painted floor and green-framed windows. A man in an orange and red robe holds a lit flame toward a framed deity image garlanded with white and yellow flowers on the right. A woman in an orange sari and red blouse holds a tray of red offerings. Two men in white dhotis, one wearing a yellow shawl, and a man in white with a red shawl stand watching. A small wooden table holds fruit, a kalasha-like vessel, and offering plates. The scene resembles a puja with aarti, though the man with the flame is not clearly identified.2009-07-27A man in saffron-orange robes with a white and multicoloured flower garland stands at a home shrine, holding a lit oil lamp toward the altar with his hands while performing aarti. Behind him on the wall is a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" of a young man in a white turban, decorated with garland of flowers. The altar holds a brass lamp, flowers, a brass plate and a framed deity image. To the right, a man in an orange robe stands with palms pressed together, a woman in a cream and gold sari with gold bangles stands with palms joined, and a man in a white shirt and glasses also joins his palms. The room has a wood-beamed ceiling and a tiled floor.2010-02-15A 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.2010-02-16July 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesJanuary 03 20122012-01-03July 28 20082008-07-28