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A photograph of a puja set up in a room with floral curtains. A seated priest in white dhoti and shawl with a bare upper body and a rudraksha-style mala holds a book and a yellow flower, facing a small brass lamp with a bright flame and a second seated person beside him. In front of them lie brass vessels, a plate of yellow flowers, fruit and offerings on a woven mat. On the right, a framed portrait labelled with a readable name stands on a white draped table, garlanded with pink, yellow and white flower strands. The portrait shows a smiling figure with long dark hair in orange robes and a white bead necklace. A small white sign with a blue border sits behind the priest. A blurred person in the foreground at lower left is partly visible.

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A photograph inside a small shrine room with pale tiled walls. On the left, a sannyasi in saffron-orange robes wearing a multi-coloured flower garland stretches an arm toward a brass lamp set on a low altar. In the centre, another saffron-robed figure holds a lit oil lamp aarti, and beside her a woman in a dark top presses her palms together. On the right, a smiling man in a cream shirt and white dhoti holds a pink bowl of flower petals near an open wooden door with metal grille. Behind them a framed portrait of a long-haired figure in orange garlanded with marigolds sits on a white-draped table with brass vessels, and small children are partly visible at the lower left.

June 23 2014

2014-06-23 +2 copies

A photograph in a small white-walled room of a figure in an orange sleeveless sari-style garment with long dark hair lighting an oil lamp before a framed portrait. The portrait shows a seated figure in orange robes with a white beaded mala, framed by a garland of yellow and red flowers with green leaves. The altar table is draped in white with a brass plate holding a lit lamp, red flowers, petals, a brass bell and a small brass lamp. A man in a white shirt and beige trousers stands behind, and an elderly man in white clothing gestures at left near a window with orange blinds.

Photograph inside a temple-style hall with marble walls and a white carved doorway. An elderly bare-chested priest with a shaved head, white tilak markings and rudraksha malas stands at left, lighting an oil lamp over a silver plate of flowers and offerings draped in a green-gold cloth. In the centre a man in saffron-orange robes wears a gold ceremonial necklace, a red headband and a red tilak. A younger man in a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala stands at right with hands folded. In the background a deity murti is decorated with garlands in orange, pink and white. Brass lamps and vessels sit on the table.

A photograph of a devotee in an orange robe with a maroon border bowing with joined hands before a framed portrait of a young man seated in meditation, wearing orange clothing, a long beaded necklace and a white-and-red flower garland. The portrait rests on a draped golden-red cloth with a green border, and a brass oil lamp with several lit wicks stands in front. A woman in a white sari with a red pattern and a man in white with a yellow shawl and a small bag stand nearby, one woman with hands folded in prayer. Pink flower petals sit on a tray. The setting is a plain hall with yellowish walls and a corrugated roof. The portrait is a printed depiction, and the individual in the orange robe is not clearly identified.

Inside a small room with pale yellow walls, a man in a rust-orange turban and rust-orange wrap, bare-shouldered with white beaded armbands, holds a flaming lamp or camphor flame in front of a framed portrait of a seated figure in orange robes with a red background. Garlands of orange and white flowers hang on the frame. Beside him, a second man in a white dhoti and red-orange shawl and another man in orange cloth with a rudraksha mala stand watching. A small white table holds brass vessels, a bowl, and petals, and a printed photo of a seated figure in orange under a tree is also garlanded. Three physical people are visible, with a fourth partly seen at the lower right, and a grey cabinet stands behind them.

2013-06-23 +1 copies

A photograph of a devotional worship scene in a plain hall with pale yellow walls and a corrugated roof. On the right, a framed portrait labelled with a printed name stands on a draped orange and green silk cloth, garlanded with white jasmine and red flower strands. The portrait shows a seated figure in saffron robes with a orange bead necklace. In front, a brass oil lamp with a burning flame rests on the floor. A man in saffron robes with long dark hair bows with palms joined before the portrait. Beside him, a man in white clothes with a yellow shawl holds a tray of red and pink flowers. Two women in white saris with patterned borders stand behind them, hands folded in prayer, and a child stands at the back.

A photograph inside a plain room with cream walls and a fluorescent tube light. In the foreground a person with long dark hair in an orange robe bows with palms pressed together before a brass oil lamp (deepam) with a lit flame and a tray of flowers. A man in white dhoti and shirt holds a yellow-cloth-wrapped tray nearby. Behind, a woman in a white sari with red border stands with folded hands, and another woman in a white and red-patterned sari stands at left. On the right, a framed photograph of a seated figure in orange robes and rudraksha mala is garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers and set on an orange and green silk-draped stand. The framed figure is a portrait, not a physical person; any identification of the orange-robed figure in the foreground is an appearance-based candidate only.