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July 28 2008

A photo of a small shrine room with white walls. A man in orange clothes with an orange turban and a white flower garland performs aarti, holding a brass lamp with a lit flame toward a shrine. On the shrine table are flower petals, fruit, a brass plate and small lamps, and framed pictures with flower garlands. A younger man in orange robes at left holds a silver plate of pink petals and a bell. A second person in orange stands behind. A brass lamp stand sits on the floor.

July 28 2008

Indoor puja in a plain white-walled room. A man in an orange turban and sleeveless orange top holds a lit brass oil lamp toward a small altar draped with a white cloth. On the altar are garlanded framed pictures, scattered pink rose petals, fruit, a brass plate of offerings and small brass lamps. To the left, a bearded man in orange robes holds a brass bell, and a younger man in orange robes holds a plate of rose petals. Another figure in orange stands behind them.

A photograph of a small room with white walls and a barred window. A standing man in an orange-saffron robe with an orange shawl and a beaded necklace holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame and bell, performing an aarti-style offering before a framed portrait garlanded with yellow, orange and red flowers. On the white-draped table are plates of apples, fruit, sweets, flower petals, brass vessels and a small brass lamp. A kneeling person in orange and a person in white clothes assist nearby, while two men in white shirts and trousers stand watching by the window. A woven striped mat covers the floor.

A photograph inside a small whitewashed room with a brown wooden door and barred windows. At center, a deity murti or lingam-type form is draped with garlands of red, white and yellow flowers and sits on an orange-draped pedestal. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha-style pot, a plate of fruit and small brass vessels are arranged on a cloth before it. On the left, a bald man in orange clothing with a bead mala stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. On the right, a man with long dark hair tied up, wearing an orange shawl with white border and a rudraksha mala, extends one hand toward the shrine in an offering gesture. Behind him, a man in white dhoti and shawl stands near the wall, and another man in white is partly visible at the right edge.

A photograph inside a plain yellow-walled hall showing a puja before a framed deity murti on a white marble platform decorated with marigold garlands, fruit, and a lit oil lamp. A man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala kneels at the platform, hands folded in prayer, while a shaved-headed man in white kneels beside him. Another man in a white shirt kneels on a patterned mat, and two standing men in striped and checked shirts stand with palms joined. A small framed sign with script stands at left. Five people are visible.

A 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.

A small bare-walled room with a barred window, where a woman in an orange sari with a white flower garland performs an aarti with a lit oil lamp on a brass lamp stand, standing on a white cloth. Beside her, a younger man in orange robes with a red-bordered cloth stands with palms pressed together in namaste. At the left edge, a man in white dhoti and shirt also joins palms in greeting. A white-draped table holds a garland of red and white flowers, fruit offerings and a water bottle, and a deity murti sits among offerings on the floor.

2008-07-29 +1 copies

A home shrine (puja room) with a white arched canopy trimmed in gold and green mango-leaf festoons. Inside, a framed deity murti of a standing figure adorned with flower garlands sits centre, surrounded by marigold and rose garlands and small framed pictures. Four people are visible: a bald man in orange robes at the lower left, a woman in an orange sari with a red and white flower garland at the left, a man with long swept-back hair in orange robes holding a lit camphor flame on a plate with rose petals and a brass lamp, and a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala and palms pressed together at the right. Brass vessels and an arati flame are part of the ritual; the scene reads as a home padapuja or aarti.

Two sannyasis in orange and red robes stand at a shrine room, facing an ornate wooden throne-like seat draped in a blue and gold cloth. A framed portrait on the throne shows a man in saffron robes with a beaded necklace, one hand raised in blessing, seated in a meditative pose. Garlands of marigolds and a brass oil lamp sit before the seat, with a small offering table of brass vessels and flowers in front. The man on the right, in a red sleeveless top over an orange wrap, holds a lit oil lamp for worship. Brass lamps stand beside the throne, and a white and gold cloth covers a box on the floor. The floor is decorated with a colourful rangoli design.