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A photograph inside a small home shrine room. A person in a saffron-orange sleeveless top and a long garland of white jasmine and red flowers holds a lit brass oil lamp (aarti) toward a wooden cabinet door covered with small bells, stickers and framed deity pictures, including a temple gopuram image. Two devotees on the left stand with palms pressed together in namaste, one in a white shirt and one in a maroon-bordered sari. A woven basket sits on the floor and a sunflower arrangement is at the right, with a blue refrigerator beside it. The person holding the lamp has short dark hair and no crown, turban or rudraksha mala, so the appearance cues are insufficient to identify anyone as a person.

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January 11 20102010-01-11January 11 20102010-01-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a domestic shrine room in a house. A man in an orange sleeveless garment with a long multicoloured flower garland performs aarti, holding a lit oil lamp flame toward a small shrine cabinet of carved wooden doors with brass-bell fittings. Inside the cabinet are small framed pictures, flowers, brass items and a brass lamp. Around him, a woman in white with folded hands and glasses stands at left, a woman in a yellow saree with a white flower garland is at lower left, and a person with dark hair is visible at right. Flower petals lie at the base of the shrine.2010-01-11 +1 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.2010-02-15A photograph inside a home where a person in an orange saffron robe with long dark hair holds a brass lamp with a flame, performing aarti before a doorway garlanded with white jasmine, yellow marigold and red flowers. A boy in a white shirt and glasses stands at left, and an older man in white with hands folded in namaste stands beside him. The right wall shows a framed picture of deities with golden ornaments and flower garlands, and a calendar with a deity image is pinned below. Flower garlands drape the doorframe and a shelf with pots sits above.2010-01-10Indoor photograph of a domestic home shrine area. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a red and white flower garland stands centre-left, smiling, with a red bindi on his forehead; a younger man with long dark hair in an orange shirt stands at the left edge, looking down. Behind them a bald man in an orange-and-maroon robe holds an oil lamp with a flame over a brass tray. Right side shows a dark wooden cabinet with bells, religious calendar prints and stickers, a vase of artificial sunflowers and lilies, and a light blue refrigerator. A woven basket sits on the floor and a brass lamp rests at the bottom right.2010-01-11 +1 copiesA 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 small pink-walled room with a framed picture of a deity on the left wall, its frame draped with white and red flower garlands. A standing figure in an orange saffron robe with a white flower garland waves a lit oil lamp before a wooden shrine cabinet with small symbols; smoke rises from the flame. Beside them a woman in a white sari with gold border and a long braid stands with hands folded, and an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti watches. Brass bowls, flowers and a small table sit at the base of the shrine, and a refrigerator covered in pictures stands at right. The orange-robed figure appears to be a sannyasi performing aarti; no appearance cues establish who he is.2010-01-21January 23 20102010-01-23A man in an orange saffron turban and orange robes, wearing a white flower garland and a rudraksha mala, holds a silver bell in one hand and a lit oil lamp flame in the other near a barred window. Beside him, an older woman in a white sari with orange floral border and a younger person in white with a yellow shawl stand with palms pressed together in prayer. The setting is an indoor room with a wooden cabinet and glassware. Swamiji (probable): the orange turban, saffron robes, rudraksha mala and flower garland match the cues attributed to him by the page; he performs the puja with the bell and lamp.2010-01-28A photograph inside a narrow doorway decorated with yellow and pink flower garlands. A figure in saffron-orange robes with a red garland and long dark hair stands at a small shrine, lighting or offering over a brass oil lamp (aarti) with fruit and flowers on a plate. Two devotees in the foreground press their palms together in prayer: an older man in a white shirt on the left and a person in orange clothing with a dark garland on the right. A framed picture is visible on the shrine wall, and a wooden door with carved panels stands at the right. The orange-robed figure with long hair and red garland matches the page's a person cues of long hair, saffron clothing and a garland, presented here as performing puja.2010-01-23January 23 20102010-01-23