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A 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.

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A person with long dark hair, wearing an orange sleeveless top and orange wrap, a red and white flower garland around the neck, stands with back to the camera lighting an oil lamp at a brass shrine cabinet. The shrine holds framed deity prints, a white and red flower garland draped across the top, a brass bowl and small brass vessels on the lower shelf, and a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure labelled as a portrait placed among the offerings. Two blurred people in white stand at the edges of the frame, and a dark wooden table and chair sit to the left.2009-07-11A photograph of a shrine wall decorated with framed devotional pictures and garlands of white flowers. A person seen from behind, with long curly dark hair and wearing an orange sleeveless garment, holds a lit oil lamp toward the shrine. Framed images include a purple-backed picture of deities, a goddess seated among lotuses, a figure playing a veena, and a standing goddess in a pink sari. Flower petals and a small brass lamp lie on the white altar cloth below, with a gilded arched frame in the centre. The person's face is not visible, so no identification is made from appearance.2008-07-28A photograph of a person in an orange dhoti and red sleeveless top, with long dark hair and a white and pink flower garland, lighting an oil lamp at a small wall shrine. The shrine holds framed portraits and garlanded pictures, a small brass figure of an animal, brass pots, incense sticks and flower petals on a dark marble ledge. A wooden cabinet with small compartments lines the wall, and a small deity image hangs above. The person's face is turned away from the camera, so no identity is confirmed from appearance; the scene shows a shrine lamp ritual.2009-08-08A 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.2010-01-10July 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesA photograph inside a home shrine room. A woman with long dark hair, wearing a sleeveless orange top and white and red flower garlands, stands with her back to the camera facing a framed portrait of a man in orange robes with a mala around his neck, hung on the wall beside a window with bamboo blinds. A wooden cabinet below the wall is decorated with orange marigold and white jasmine garlands, pink flowers, small brass lamps and a framed picture. An elderly woman at the right edge has her palms pressed together in prayer. Strings of small lights run along the cabinet top and marigold offerings sit on a low table at left.2010-01-10A 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 person seen from behind stands in a doorway, wearing an orange sleeveless top and orange wrap skirt with a long white flower garland draped over the shoulders. They reach toward a small home shrine inside a plain white room, where framed deity pictures are decorated with orange and pink flowers. A silver tray with flower petals, a small brass lamp and banana offerings sit nearby, and green and red tinsel strands hang over the doorway.2010-01-20June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesA man in a saffron-orange sleeveless top and orange dhoti stands with his back to the camera at a small wall shrine. He wears a white and yellow flower garland around his neck and his long black hair falls loose down his back. His right hand reaches toward a framed deity picture decorated with yellow marigold garlands and white jasmine strands. Several smaller framed religious pictures hang on the pale green wall, and a wooden stool below holds a metal tray of flowers and leaves beside a steel bowl. The scene is a domestic puja corner in a home.2010-02-17A photograph inside a small room with white walls and a window. A figure in an orange sleeveless garment with a long swept-back hair and a large garland of white flowers with red and purple blossoms around the neck is seen from behind, holding a brass lamp or bell at a shrine. The shrine has a gilded deity murti panel with brass figures, framed deity pictures, a framed picture of a saint in orange robes, and flower garlands. On the right, an older man in white clothes and glasses stands with palms pressed together in prayer, with a rudraksha mala. Another person in orange stands nearby. Offerings of flowers and brass vessels sit on the shrine table. This appears to be a puja or darshan at a home shrine.2010-01-19June 24 20142014-06-24