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A photograph of a puja in a small shrine room with pale blue walls and a glossy tiled floor. A man in an orange sleeveless top and matching orange cloth wrapped over his shoulder and head holds a silver lamp with a flame toward an offering tray. He wears a white flower garland. Behind him, a figure in white with folded hands stands at the left edge. On the right, a seated figure in orange robes and a rudraksha mala, with a white and orange turban-like cloth, is decorated with yellow and white marigold garlands and rests on a white altar. Silver pots, a tall brass lamp stand, trays of flowers, a small deity murti and incense sticks sit in front.

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A photograph inside a small shrine room with pale blue walls and a grey tiled floor. A man in an orange turban, orange sleeveless garment and white flower garland stands at left with his back to the camera, holding a lit lamp over a silver tray of offerings and a small deity murti on a marble altar. A second person in white stands at the left edge. Behind the altar, a seated white-robed figure with an orange head covering, rudraksha mala and flower garlands is shown in a statue or portrait, with a tall brass lamp stand beside the altar. Rose petals and garlands decorate the altar, indicating a puja or aarti offering.2010-02-18A photograph of a man in an orange turban and orange sleeveless robe with a white flower garland around his neck, holding a lit silver oil lamp in front of a small shrine. He is turned away from the camera toward a flower-decorated altar. A tall brass lamp stand stands to the right, and marigold and rose garlands drape a white altar with a deity figure adorned with flowers below. Two people in white clothes stand at the left edge. The scene is a puja in a plain blue-walled room.2010-02-18July 28 20082008-07-28A man in an orange turban and orange robe holds a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame toward framed portraits on a white-draped table decorated with garlands and scattered rose petals. Another man in orange clothing stands behind him at left, holding a bell and a plate of petals. A small brass oil lamp sits on the floor at lower centre, and pink petals are scattered on the white wall. The setting appears to be a ritual aarti worship in a plain room.2008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28A photograph inside a bright shrine room where a white statue of a seated figure in orange robes and an orange turban sits on a white pedestal draped with yellow and orange marigold garlands. A man in an orange robe, orange turban and white flower garland stands at right performing puja, holding a lit oil lamp in one hand and a bell in the other. In front of him is a silver tray with flowers, offerings, incense sticks and a small deity murti with a flower garland. Behind him, a man in white clothes holds a camera. Brass oil lamps stand beside the pedestal.2010-02-18A photograph inside a bright room with white walls at the Seeragapadi inauguration. In the foreground a figure in orange robes and an orange turban holds a brass oil lamp (aarti lamp) lit with a flame, beside a tray of rose petals and flower petals. A person in an orange robe and orange turban, with a white flower garland over the shoulders, stands at the lamp facing a white and red deity murti decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands and white flower garlands, with a bowl of offerings on a flower-covered altar. On the right, a cameraman in white dhoti and an orange shawl films the scene, and another person in white stands nearby.2010-02-18July 28 20082008-07-28A photograph inside a bright room with a white tiled floor, where a figure in a saffron-orange turban and orange robe, wearing a white flower garland with red accents, stands at a ritual table holding a small bell and performing worship. On the table are a silver-coloured plate, brass vessels, flowers and a small deity murti dressed in orange and garlands. Behind a white pedestal with marigold and rose garlands stands a white statue of a seated saint in orange robes with a rudraksha mala, with a brass lamp stand to the left. A photographer in white clothes with a camera stands at a doorway, and another person in white with a gold chain is partly visible at the right edge. Plates of flower petals sit on the floor.2010-02-18A photograph of a ritual puja in a small white-walled room. A man in orange robes and an orange turban, with a garland of white flowers around his neck, stands at a table scattering pink and orange petals with his right hand. The table is covered with white cloth and scattered flower petals, and holds a lit oil lamp with a flame, framed photographs with garlands of pink and white flowers, and a small brass lamp on the floor. A second man in orange robes stands behind him on the left, holding a brass bell. A window with grille bars is on the right. Petals drift through the air.2008-07-28A man in orange robes and an orange turban performs aarti with a lit oil lamp in a small whitewashed room. He holds the flame toward a table draped with a white cloth and scattered pink petals, with brass lamps, a plate of fruit and coconuts, and two framed deity pictures garlanded with white and red flower strands. Smoke rises from the flame. A second man in orange stands at the left edge.2008-07-28A photograph inside a small whitewashed room where a man in a sleeveless saffron-orange robe and a white-and-red flower garland lights an oil lamp with a long taper at a green-topped altar. Brass lamps with flames stand on the altar, along with a heap of bananas, marigold-like white flowers and a small framed picture. To the left, a second person in orange robes stands with hands folded in namaste beside a barred window. Garlands hang on a framed image in the upper right. The scene suggests a puja at a shrine.2010-02-18