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A 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.

A man in saffron-orange robes wearing a white garland of flowers stands before a plain grey wall beside a barred window, holding a lit brass oil lamp in one hand and a brass hand bell in the other. He has white sacred ash marks on his forehead and his hair is tied back. Smoke rises from the bell area as he performs a lamp ritual.

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.

A photograph of a small, plain room with pale walls and a wooden side table holding a brass oil lamp, a small framed deity picture garlanded with flowers, brass vessels and other ritual items. A man with long swept-back dark hair, bare-chested under an orange saffron wrap edged with gold trim, stands at the table holding a brass bell in one hand and a lit lamp or incense-like object in the other, performing a puja. Behind him a man in white and a woman in a white sari with a dark beaded necklace watch with folded hands; a third person in orange clothing with palms pressed together stands at the right edge. Thin smoke rises near the wall. The distinctive long hair, orange wrap and ritual bell offer compatible cues for the page's identified figure, so the probable label applies to the bell-ringing man.

A photograph inside a small room with white walls and a wooden cabinet on the right, its shelves holding a row of brass bells, with framed pictures on top. A woman in an orange sleeveless top and orange sari wrap, with a long pink and white flower garland around her neck, holds a brass oil lamp with a bright flame and smoke rising from it toward a wall shrine niche. Beside her a man in orange robes stands with palms pressed together in prayer, and at the left edge a man in a white shirt and a striped-sleeve person are partly visible. The scene shows an aarti being offered at a home. No identifiable a person is visible in appearance-based cues; the figures are devotees and attendees.

August 11 2009

A home shrine with framed deity prints of Ganesha and a goddess decorated with white and yellow flower garlands and red roses. A person in an orange sleeveless robe with a long yellow-and-white flower garland stands with back to camera, holding a lit oil lamp before the altar. Beside them a man in white shirt and glasses stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Brass bells hang from the ceiling, a brass plate of grains and flower petals sits on the ledge, and a pink garment is in the right foreground.

A photo inside a small room with a light wood cabinet and white walls. A figure in orange robes with long dark hair and a pink and white flower garland holds a lit brass oil lamp toward a wooden puja shrine with small brass bells, and smoke rises from the flame. Beside them a man in an orange robe stands with his palms pressed together in prayer, and a person in a striped shirt and another in a white shirt are partly visible at the left edge. Visible people: about four.

A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange saffron robe and gold-beaded necklace holding a silver aarti lamp with a lit flame and a silver bell in a small room. A man in a white shirt stands at left, partly visible. Behind them a framed portrait shows a robed figure with a garland, and a seated figure in orange with a rudraksha mala sits on a white-draped table beside a kalasha with flowers near the doorway. The scene suggests an aarti or puja at a shrine, with a visible lamp and bell.

Indoor shrine room with pale blue walls and framed Hindu devotional prints above. A man in an orange sleeveless garment and a gold-beaded necklace raises a lit brass oil lamp with a flame toward a stringed instrument on a stand, possibly performing aarti. In the lower left, a framed portrait of a smiling man in orange robes is decorated with white and yellow flower garlands, with brass lamps and fruit in front. A person's dark hair is in the foreground and a hand with folded palms appears at the right edge. Shelves hold flowers and small offerings.

A person in an orange saffron garment with a golden border and a pink flower garland around the neck stands bent forward in a doorway framed by carved wooden panels, holding a brass oil lamp with lit flames toward a shrine. Inside, a black lingam-like stone form in a tiled chamber is draped with white jasmine garlands and purple flowers, with petals scattered on the floor and brass lamps in the foreground. The scene shows a puja with an oil lamp offered at a shrine.