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January 21 2010

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Indoor home shrine with framed deity pictures and a silver murti set on a shelf, decorated with yellow flowers. In the foreground, a man in an orange robe with a white and red flower garland performs a ritual, holding a silver vessel above a small lamp with a flickering flame. Beside him, a second man in orange clothing leans forward with his hands near the offering. A woman in a white sari with a red border and a flower-adorned braid kneels at right, watching. Brass lamps and a gold-tipped pillar frame the right edge.2010-01-10January 23 20102010-01-23January 21 20102010-01-21A small room with a blue-grey wall and a wooden door hung with pink and white flower garlands. On a side table draped in red cloth stands a framed portrait of a standing figure in orange robes, garlanded with pink and white flowers, flanked by brass lamps and fruit offerings. A woman in a long orange sleeveless garment with long dark hair holds a lit oil lamp toward the altar in an aarti gesture, while another woman in a white and cream sari with a gold border and a flower bouquet smiles in the doorway. The back of another person's head is visible in the foreground. Several people are visible: two clearly, plus one partly visible.2010-01-20A small shrine niche with black tiled backing on a pale green wall. A framed portrait garlanded with white and orange flowers stands on a ledge with brass lamps and a small brass kalasha-like object. Three people face the shrine with hands folded in prayer: a woman on the left in a white sari with gold border and a long black braid with pink flowers, a woman in the centre in an orange garment with a red-and-white garland, and a person on the right in an orange robe and shawl with long dark hair. Two of them appear to be in the orange robes of renunciates. The portrait shows a man in orange with a beaded necklace and long dark hair, a depiction candidate for a person, though the appearance is only partly clear.2010-01-19A priest in a rust-red dhoti and bare-backed red cloth, with a red and white flower garland over the shoulder, holds a lit flame toward a small home shrine in a domestic room. A woman in a white sari with gold border stands at left with hands folded, and two men in white dhotis stand behind with palms joined. The shrine is decorated with white flower garlands and holds an oil lamp, offerings and a framed deity picture. Framed portraits hang on the walls, including a man in a pink shirt at left and a smiling man with a rudraksha mala at top right, and a woman in red sari with a rudraksha mala at right. Aarti is performed in a home setting.2014-06-27A small pink-walled room with a framed picture of a deity on the left wall, its frame draped with white and red flower garlands. A standing figure in an orange saffron robe with a white flower garland waves a lit oil lamp before a wooden shrine cabinet with small symbols; smoke rises from the flame. Beside them a woman in a white sari with gold border and a long braid stands with hands folded, and an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti watches. Brass bowls, flowers and a small table sit at the base of the shrine, and a refrigerator covered in pictures stands at right. The orange-robed figure appears to be a sannyasi performing aarti; no appearance cues establish who he is.2010-01-21January 23 20102010-01-23A photograph inside a small wooden-framed prayer alcove in a home. A woman in an orange sleeveless garment with a yellow and red marigold garland holds a lit flame near a shelf of small offerings. Beside her, a boy in orange clothes and a woman in a white top with a red and orange shawl look toward a framed portrait draped with a yellow and orange flower garland. The portrait shows a seated figure in orange robes wearing a beaded necklace, labelled with no readable caption. Plain cream walls, a wall light and a wooden door frame surround the scene.2010-01-23Photograph of a doorway entry at a house visit. Two men in saffron-orange robes lead the way: the figure on the left has long dark hair, a tilak on his forehead and holds his hands together in front of him; the central figure wears a long white and dark red flower garland with a red bindi, long swept-back dark hair and an orange wrap. Behind them a woman in a white sari with gold border and a black beaded necklace stands in the doorway, and a woman on the right in a cream sari with gold border and gold bangles smiles and holds the frame. Marigold garlands hang over the door. Through the white grille door, several people in white, purple and cream clothing stand in a courtyard with palm trees. a person cues on the central figure: long swept-back hair, orange wrap and a large white and red garland.2010-02-16A photograph taken through an open doorway of a decorated room with orange walls, a wall clock and floral strings hung overhead. A man in an orange-red robe wears a long garland of white and red flowers and stands at the doorway, where a man in a white shirt kneels on a floor covered with flower petals. Beside them, women in white saris with gold borders stand with hands joined in greeting, one holding a child in orange clothing. Another woman in white is partly visible in the background. The robed man has a short-cropped head and is partly turned away from the camera.2009-08-03January 03 20122012-01-03