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A photograph inside a small room with lilac walls and a window with iron grille and white curtain. A person seen from behind in orange clothing with a white jasmine garland around the head and long dark hair stands facing a shelf with an altar or framed picture. To the right, another person in orange robes stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, head bowed in prayer before the altar and a framed image of a deity. Offerings and flowers are on the shelf. Neither figure is identified as a person based on appearance cues visible in the frame.

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A photograph taken from behind of two people in saffron-orange clothing entering a pink-walled room through a doorway. The figure on the left wears a sleeveless orange top and wrap with a white flower garland draped over the shoulders and long dark hair. The figure on the right wears a longer orange robe with a darker orange border and bends forward toward a small shrine. The shrine holds a framed picture garlanded with red, yellow and white flowers, oil lamps and brass vessels. A small framed photograph is mounted on the wall beside the doorway.2010-01-11 +1 copiesAugust 08 20092009-08-08A photograph taken from behind inside a small home shrine room with pale green walls. A person with long dark hair decorated with a green leaf and flowers, wearing a sleeveless saffron-orange garment with an orange wrap, stands facing a wall of framed deity prints garlanded with yellow flowers. On the right, another person in an orange shawl stands partly visible. A small brass lamp and offering vessels sit on a dark table below the frames.2010-01-19A photograph inside a small home shrine room with white walls and framed devotional prints of deities hung along the walls. A woman in an orange sleeveless top and orange cloth, wearing a white flower garland, faces away from the camera and holds a lit oil lamp toward the altar. Beside her a figure in orange robes with a striped border stands with palms pressed together in prayer, facing the altar. On the right, an older woman in white with glasses also presses her palms together. The wooden altar cabinet holds framed photos, marigold flowers, a brass tray and offerings, and a framed black-and-white portrait with a white garland sits in front. Four people are visible.2010-01-10A 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.2009-08-08A photo inside a small shrine room with white walls and a barred window. A figure with long dark hair, wearing a white jasmine garland and an orange saffron wrap draped over the body, holds a lit flame in one hand near a small altar. The altar holds a trident-shaped object, marigold and hibiscus flowers, a picture frame, brass lamps and oil lamps, and offerings on a plate. To the right, a bald man in orange clothing stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a wristwatch and a beaded necklace. The scene suggests a puja or aarti at a household shrine.2011-05-23A photograph of a small room with white walls where a man with long dark hair, seen from behind, wears a red-orange sleeveless top and a garland of white jasmine with green fruits on his head, holding a lit oil lamp (diya) toward a framed poster. The poster shows a seated saffron-robed figure with a rudraksha mala beneath a banyan tree, with a white flower garland above it and the printed caption "Paramahamsa SRI NITHYANANDA SWAMIGAL". At left, a green-backed poster shows a smiling man in a yellow turban. On the right, a man in orange robes stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, looking toward the lamp, with a red tilak on his forehead and a bangle on his wrist. The scene suggests an aarti offering before the poster, though no clear a person identification is made from appearance.2009-08-08January 21 20102010-01-21A photograph inside a plain white-walled room during a home visit. In the centre, a woman with long dark hair, wearing a white flower garland and an orange sleeveless garment, stands before a framed devotional picture of a deity with white flower garlands and holds a lit flame toward a small shrine or offering spot. In the foreground right, a figure with long dark hair wears a saffron-yellow shawl with pink borders and is seen from behind. A man in white stands at left, and a boy with his palms pressed together stands at the doorway at right, looking toward a room with green leaves hanging above the door. Visible people number about four, with additional partial figures in the doorway area.2010-02-17December 25 20082008-12-25A 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 home shrine alcove with its doors opened. A woman in orange clothing with a white flower garland in her hair stands with her back to the camera, hands folded in prayer. A kneeling figure in orange and a man in a white shirt with palms pressed together stand beside her, and a child in white is partly visible at the bottom. Inside the alcove are framed pictures, a framed image of deities in bright colours, yellow marigold garlands, a brass kalasha with flower decoration and a wooden table with a swastika motif. A large framed picture of a figure in orange seated under a banyan-like tree is mounted above the shrine.2010-01-09