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A photograph inside a small shrine room with pale blue walls and a tiled floor. A white seated statue wearing an orange robe and orange turban, garlanded with yellow and multicoloured flower necklaces, sits on a flower-decorated pedestal. A brass oil lamp stand stands beside it. In front, a silver puja tray with small lamps and vessels is set on a low platform, and a smaller garlanded figure sits beside the offerings. Two women in white clothes stand at left with hands folded in prayer; one girl in white with a flower in her hair stands in front. Yellow marigold garlands drape the pedestal and walls.

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A photograph of a shrine room with pale blue walls and a glossy white floor. On a raised white platform sits a white statue of a seated figure in orange robes with a red-orange head covering, hands raised in blessing, wearing a red beaded mala and garlands of yellow and white flowers. In front stands a tall brass oil lamp with a lit flame. Silver puja vessels, a bell and a small lamp rest on silver trays, and a dark deity murti adorned with flower garlands and silver ornaments stands at the base of the platform. No people are visible.2010-02-18A photograph of a shrine room with pale blue walls and a light grey tiled floor. A white marble statue seated on a white pedestal wears an orange-red turban, orange robe and a red rudraksha-style mala, with yellow and white flower garlands draped over it. The statue has its hands joined in namaskar. Garlands in yellow, orange and white also hang along the pedestal's front. In the foreground stand a tall brass oil lamp with a lit flame, a brass plate with flowers and offerings, a small lit diya, a brass bell, a conch-shaped vessel, and silver-coloured ritual trays. Two smaller deity murtis, one in orange and one decorated with flowers and ornaments, sit on the floor before the pedestal. No people are visible.2010-02-18A photograph of a shrine room with pale blue walls and a light tiled floor. A white statue seated in meditation pose with hands in anjali mudra wears an orange robe, an orange turban, a rudraksha mala and a white-and-yellow marigold garland. The statue sits on a white altar draped with yellow and white marigold garlands. In front, a smaller deity murti adorned with a dark face, jewellery and garlands sits beside a silver tray with a lit oil lamp, a brass bell, a silver plate of flowers and sweets, and small silver puja vessels. A tall brass standing lamp stands to the left. No people are visible.2010-02-18A photograph inside a small pale blue-walled room with a raised white platform. On the platform sits a white statue in orange robes with a crown-like orange headpiece and hands folded, draped with yellow and orange marigold garlands. A woman in a white sari with a long side braid bends forward at the platform, arranging flowers near a small deity figure and metal offering plates. A brass oil lamp stands at left, and red and yellow garlands hang from the ceiling. Several people in white clothes watch, including a young boy in white with folded hands at right, and a red curtain hangs at right beside a glass door. The scene resembles a puja or darshan before a statue, with offerings in silver bowls.2010-02-18Photo inside a small pale-blue room with a glass-panelled door on the left. On the right, a large white-and-red statue of a seated figure wearing an orange robe, orange turban and rudraksha mala raises one hand in blessing, set on a white pedestal draped with yellow and orange marigold garlands and red flowers. A tall brass oil lamp stands in front of it. In the foreground, a man in an orange robe and orange turban with a white flower garland bends forward toward the pedestal. A small deity murti decorated with garlands and sequinned ornaments sits at the lower right, and a camera is partly visible at the left edge.2010-02-18Interior photo of a room with pale blue walls and a white tiled floor. A white seated figure with a red turban and orange robe, wearing a red-black rudraksha mala, sits on a white and gold garlanded dais, flanked by two tall brass lamps. In the foreground, a person in an orange robe and orange turban, with a white flower garland, sits at a puja tray holding oil lamps, incense and brass vessels. Two smaller brass-coloured deity figures with yellow and orange garlands sit at the front of the dais. Two heads are visible at the right edge, one shaved. Flower garlands hang from the ceiling.2010-02-18Photo inside a small room with pale blue walls and a white-tiled floor, where devotees perform a puja before a white statue seated on a draped platform. The statue wears an orange turban, orange robe, a long rudraksha-style bead necklace, and a garland of yellow and multicolored flowers, with a peacock feather tucked at its head. The platform is covered with rose petals, flower garlands and strings of marigolds. A tall brass oil lamp stands at left. A man in white with a blue-and-white sash stands at left-centre, and a woman in an orange sari with orange head covering stands at right, holding a plate of flowers and petals toward a small brass deity figure with a garland. Another person in orange clothing with long dark hair is at far right, and a bare-armed person with an orange wrap stands at the edge.2010-02-18Photograph of an empty room with pale blue walls and a light tiled floor, showing a white marble statue of a seated sage in orange robes and an orange turban, hands raised in blessing, placed on a white pedestal decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands and red flowers. A tall brass oil lamp with a flame stands to the left. In front, a smaller seated figure in orange and a dark deity murti with garlands sit among silver puja trays holding a lit oil lamp, a bell, a conch-shaped vessel, flowers and offerings.2010-02-18A 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 white seated statue wearing an orange-red turban, orange-red robe and a dark rudraksha mala sits on a white pedestal draped with yellow and multicoloured flower garlands, with rose petals scattered on top. Brass oil lamps stand on either side. In the foreground, a person in an orange robe and orange head-cloth with a white flower garland, seen from behind, reaches toward the pedestal, and a second person with dark hair is seen in the lower centre. A small deity murti sits at the base of the pedestal. The room has pale blue walls and a light floor.2010-02-18A photograph inside a room with pale blue walls showing devotees performing padapuja before a white pedestal decorated with marigold and multicolored flower garlands. On the pedestal sits a deity murti or statue wearing an orange cloth and an orange turban, draped with white and yellow garlands, with a rudraksha mala at its chest. A tall brass oil lamp stands at left. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt with a blue sash stands bent forward holding a plate of offerings, while a person in an orange turban and orange robe, with long dark hair, holds a brass vessel of flowers and offerings nearby. Other people are seen partially at the edges, seated and watching, one in a grey shirt at left and one in orange at right. A flower garland is strung along the top of the wall.2010-02-18A woman in orange saffron robes and an orange head wrap stands at a silver puja tray, holding a lit lamp and offering flowers in a bright, freshly painted room. A white marble statue of a seated saint, dressed in orange with a red head wrap and garlanded with yellow and white flower strands, is set on a flower-decorated white pedestal at left. Before the tray sits a small dark deity murti garlanded with flowers. Silver bowls, a bell, plates of rose petals and white flowers, and brass lamp stands surround the scene, with a man in white dhoti and a cameraman visible in the background.2010-02-18