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A photograph inside a small room with peach-coloured walls, where a person with long dark wavy hair and an orange sleeveless top stands with their back to the camera, holding a lit lamp toward a framed portrait. The portrait, draped with white and red garlands, shows a seated figure in orange clothing with a rudraksha-style necklace. Below it sits a white-covered table with a brass lamp and metal vessel. Colourful tinsel and floral garlands hang above, a purple patterned curtain hangs on the right, and a small black speaker is mounted on the wall.

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A person with long dark hair wearing a red sleeveless top, an orange-red wrap and a garland of pink and white flowers performs aarti in a plain white-walled room. They hold a brass aarti lamp with a flame in one hand and a brass bell in the other, facing a framed portrait on the wall of a figure seated on an ornate white throne with a red cushion, arms raised, with a red hibiscus on the frame. Below the portrait is a shelf with flowers, incense, a small brass deity murti and offerings. A tall brass oil lamp stands on the floor beside a white-draped table with a flower garland. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands at the right edge with hands folded in prayer. a person is the person performing aarti, identified by long hair, a garland and orange-red clothing, though the appearance is only a cue.2009-02-04A devotee in an orange sleeveless top and orange cloth, with long dark hair and a red-and-white flower garland around his neck, stands with his back to the camera and performs aarti with a flaming oil lamp before a framed portrait. The portrait, labelled with printed text, shows a smiling man with long hair in orange robes and a white flower garland. The framed portrait sits inside a decorative arch of marigold and red flower garlands strung with tinsel. Above, colourful tinsel streamers hang from a white frame, and a purple patterned curtain hangs at right. A small television sits on a white table at left, and a brass vessel rests on the floor below.2010-01-19A 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 figure in an orange turban and sleeveless orange robe stands before a shrine performing an aarti with a lit oil lamp. A framed portrait on the left, garlanded with pink and white flowers, shows a saffron-robed man, and a large floral arrangement with red elephant figure, kalasha and brass lamps decorates the altar table. Behind him, two men in white and a man in a checked shirt stand with hands folded in devotion, in a bare plastered room with a window at the top right. Swamiji (probable): the figure has long dark hair under an orange turban and wears orange robes and a rudraksha-style necklace, consistent with the saffron and turban cues, performing the aarti.2008-07-28A photograph of a small wallpapered shrine niche with orange floral patterns. A large framed portrait of a long-haired man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits at the centre, flanked by red and white garlands. In front, on an orange cloth, are a kalasha-style brass pot with leaves, a plate of petals and a brass lamp. A woman in an orange blouse and a flower garland holds a lit oil lamp to the shrine while two shaved-headed people in the foreground look on, one in orange robes. The scene suggests a home aarti at a shrine.2014-06-24A 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 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.2010-02-17July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesA photograph of a small shrine room with pink and cream walls and dark tiled columns. A standing person in orange robes and a long-haired orange wrap stretches both arms toward a framed portrait on the back wall, touching its frame. The portrait shows a figure in white clothing with a red heart-shaped backdrop, marigold garlands hanging across its top. Below it, a seated person in a red sari with a red head covering and a marigold garland sits on a cushioned pink-draped seat. Brass oil lamps, a peacock feather arrangement, a plate of fruit and offerings in the foreground, and orange and yellow paper decorations complete the scene.2010-02-15June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesA photograph of a shrine room entered through a dark wooden door. In the foreground a person with long dark hair, seen from behind, wears a red sleeveless top and orange wrap and has a garland of white and red flowers draped over the shoulders. To the right, a second person in orange robes stands partly visible at the doorway. Inside, a framed portrait of a smiling man in orange robes with a white beaded necklace sits on the wall, garlanded with pink and white flowers. Below it on the floor are brass oil lamps and a silver tray of rose petals. Framed deity images hang on the upper wall, and rose petals are scattered on the floor.2009-08-08July 28 20082008-07-28