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A photograph of a person in an orange sleeveless top and orange wrap, long dark hair swept back, wearing a white flower garland, standing with their back to the camera and facing a small yellow wall shrine. The shrine holds framed deity pictures, small figurines and a lit oil lamp, with a garland of yellow flowers hanging below. A brass peacock-form lamp with a pink and white flower garland stands at right beside the doorway, and a brass bell-hung wooden door is at left. The scene suggests puja at a home shrine.

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A photograph of a person in a home shrine room lighting an oil lamp. The person, seen from behind, wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment, has long dark hair, and is wearing a red and pink flower garland. Holding a brass oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand, they face a wall hung with framed pictures decorated with yellow marigold garlands and pink flowers. One framed image shows a deity in red and gold, and another shows figures in orange robes beside a seated figure. A small wooden table holds a yellow book, a brass bell, and a small lamp with a red flame. Part of another person in orange cloth is visible at the left edge.2010-02-17A photograph of a standing man seen from behind, wearing a sleeveless saffron-orange top and a yellow marigold garland around his neck. His long dark hair falls past his shoulders. He faces a home shrine wall decorated with framed deity prints garlanded with white jasmine and red rose strands, including a Saraswati-like figure playing a veena and a Venkateswara-style image. Brass oil lamps, a hanging brass lamp with red flowers, scattered rose petals, and a lit oil lamp stand before the shrine. A framed photograph in the lower centre shows a man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala, garlanded. One physical person is visible, and the framed portrait is a depiction. The shrine setting suggests a domestic puja.2010-02-17A woman in a sleeveless orange top with long dark hair stands with her back to the camera in a small shrine room with white marble walls. She lifts a lit oil lamp or wick toward a shrine wall decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands and a white flower garland draped over her shoulders. Brass oil lamps and offering plates sit on a wooden ledge at the lower right, with a small framed picture and a brass plate nearby. Another person's head is visible at the bottom edge.2010-02-15A person in an orange sleeveless top stands in a doorway with long dark hair pulled back, wearing a multicolour flower garland, and reaches toward a framed shrine. Inside the shrine is a deity murti adorned with jewellery and a gold-framed backdrop, lit by small coloured lights, with an oil lamp burning on a tray below. Pictures of deities hang on the walls around the doorway, and another garland of pink and yellow flowers hangs at the right edge of the frame.2010-02-15A photograph of a home shrine decorated with marigold and white flower garlands hung on framed deity pictures. A standing man in an orange robe and a pink flower garland lights a long wick lamp held in his right hand. A brass lamp stand and a plate of bananas sit on the dark cabinet below, with a brass kalasha and pink flowers at the base. Through the window behind, green foliage is visible. The man is an appearance-based probable candidate only by unclear cues, so identity is uncertain.2010-02-17A photograph of a devotee in an orange sleeveless top with a white and red flower garland draped over her shoulders, facing a home shrine and holding a brass lamp in one hand. The shrine holds silver-toned deity murtis garlanded with white and pink flowers, framed pictures of deities, and a small photo of a person in orange with a saffron head covering, placed on a wooden table with flower offerings, small lamps and brass vessels. Two other people stand behind her on the right, one in white with hands folded in namaskar and a bead mala, the other in orange, and a partially visible person in the foreground wears a dark bead mala. A white wall and window frame the room.2010-01-19A man seen from behind, bare-shouldered and wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder, with a garland of white jasmine and red roses around his neck and across his back. He holds a lit oil lamp flame in a small shrine niche decorated with framed pictures of deities, brass lamps and a kalasha-like offering on a shelf. Above, strands of white flower garlands hang along a pink wall. Another person stands partly visible at the right edge. Festoons of flowers and a colourful painted frame surround the shrine.2014-07-02 +1 copiesJanuary 21 20102010-01-21A photograph taken inside a home doorway. A person wearing a sleeveless orange garment and a long white flower garland stands with their back to the camera, holding a lit oil lamp in the right hand and facing a small wall shrine. The shrine niche, set against a yellow wall, holds a framed colour picture of a deity, small figurines, and yellow flowers. A wooden door with hanging brass bells sits to the left, and a bright doorway frames the right edge. This is a home puja offering with an oil lamp, seen from behind. The person's features are not visible, and no identity cue is strong enough to attribute them to a person.2010-01-10February 02 20102010-02-02June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesA photograph of a man in an orange saffron garment with a long white flower garland and a red-white-blue ribbon-trimmed garland performing an aarti with a brass oil lamp before a home shrine. The shrine cabinet is decorated with white daisy garlands, pink and yellow flowers, a green coconut and framed deity pictures. Devotees with folded hands stand at the edges of the frame. A basket of fruit and flowers sits on the left, and a brass lamp is on the lower cabinet.2010-02-15