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A photograph inside a temple shrine doorway decorated with marigold and mango-leaf garlands and a silver frame. A figure in orange robes with long dark hair bends toward the inner sanctum, where a gilded deity image sits in a golden niche. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands at the left, watching. At right, a woman in orange sari with a white flower garland holds a folded cloth, and a man in white dhoti with an orange border holds a silver plate. Two framed painted religious panels hang on the walls on either side of the doorway, with a silver om emblem above the door.

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A photograph inside a home shrine room with a wooden frame and a wall of framed deity pictures and a grid of small religious prints. A smiling man in an orange saffron robe with a white and red flower garland stands at the centre with hands clasped, as an older man in a cream dhoti and shawl with red border stands beside him. Brass oil lamps and small offerings sit on a low table in front. On the left a person in white clothes and another in yellow sari kneel or bend near the floor, and on the right a woman in a blue sari with a patterned shawl sits leaning over the floor. Hanging green leaves decorate the top of the doorway.2010-02-18A doorway into a bright interior with polished wooden doors on either side. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a long white and multicolour flower garland walks forward, a devotee's hand extended toward him. Behind him, another monk in orange stands near a seated attendant. To the right, a man in white shirt and dhoti with a dark bead mala around his neck walks past, and a man in white dhoti and shawl holds a tray of offerings. Several people in white ritual dress stand in the background hallway.2010-01-21A photograph of an interior doorway in a white-walled building with a wooden door and lattice windows. A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange robe and a multi-coloured flower garland stands in the doorway with palms pressed together in greeting. Behind them another monastic in orange stands in the doorway, and a woman in a green sari is partly visible. On the right, a man in white shirt and trousers with sunglasses extends his open hand toward the doorway. Several people look out from a window on the left. Green leaves hang as a decorative toran over the door.2010-02-16January 23 20102010-01-23July 28 20082008-07-28A photograph inside a home with a wooden temple-style entrance canopy decorated with red flower strands and paper ornaments, beneath a terracotta-tiled roof. A smiling man in a saffron-orange robe with a white and red garland, long hair swept back and a red bindi, steps out barefoot across red and grey floor tiles. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at left with palms pressed together in namaskar, and a woman in a maroon sari with gold border stands at right, also with hands folded. A brass kalasha-style offering with white flowers sits on the floor near the woman, and a shrine with a deity image is visible through the doorway behind them. People: four visible, including a partially seen attendant in orange at far left.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.2010-02-16Indoor photo in a wood-trimmed room with yellow curtains. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and a red bindi wears a saffron-orange robe and a white and red flower garland, walking through an open wooden door. Behind him, a woman in a teal sari holds a tray of offerings with a plant, and another woman in a yellow-trimmed garment follows. On the right, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with red border, and a dark rudraksha-style mala, holds the end of his cloth. A wooden chair sits at the lower left.2010-02-18Photo inside a home with a wooden pooja shrine decorated with red flower garlands and white jasmine strings. A woman in an orange sari with a flower garland stands at the shrine doorway, reaching toward the wooden door. Inside the shrine a person in orange robes bends over a small table with lamps and offerings. Two men in white shirts and white dhotis stand on either side, one on the left with hands clasped and one on the right with hands folded, observing. Red and white tiled floor, a carved wooden peetha-style frame and a wall niche with a small brass object.2010-02-17August 03 20082008-08-03Photograph 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.2010-02-16Interior photograph of a home shrine room with a carved wooden doorway framed by grey stone pillars, decorated with white jasmine and red flower garlands and a green leaf torana. Inside the shrine, framed pictures and a painted deity image hang on the back wall above a tiled panel of small photographs, with brass lamps, flowers and offering plates on the altar. Four people stand facing the shrine: a person in white dhoti and kurta, a person in orange robes with a flower garland, a man in white, and a woman in a blue and green silk saree. Brass oil lamps stand on either side, and a woman in a red blouse kneels at the right edge.2010-02-18