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A man with long dark hair and an orange sleeveless garment is seen from behind at a home shrine, holding a small oil lamp with a lit flame toward a framed deity picture. Wall shrine pictures are garlanded with yellow marigolds and white jasmine strands, and a silver-coloured framed image hangs to the left. Below, a steel bowl holds yellow and pink flowers and a stainless steel vessel sits on a wooden stool, with a plastic bottle at the lower left edge. The man is the only physical person visible; the framed pictures are depictions.2010-02-17A photograph of a standing man in an orange turban, orange robe and orange cloth, with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala, facing a small shrine. Beside him is a seated-style statue dressed in orange with a matching orange turban and a white flower garland. Brass oil lamps with peacock-shaped tops and white jasmine garlands flank the shrine on a wooden cabinet, and a framed painting of a deity hangs on the wall. Red and white flower garlands decorate the doorway at left. Several smiling women in white saris stand in the background, one holding a camera.2007-08-17A 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.2011-05-23July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph inside a home shrine room with cream walls and a wooden door on the left. Two people in orange-saffron robes stand with their backs to the camera. The nearer figure, wearing an orange sleeveless garment and a red-and-pink flower garland around the neck, holds a lit oil lamp in one hand before a wall of framed deity prints decorated with yellow marigold garlands. The second figure, in an orange robe with a maroon-striped wrap, stands to the left facing the shrine. A low wooden shelf below holds brass plates, a brass kalasha-style vessel, small bells and puja items. Framed saints and deity images cover the walls, including a sepia print of two standing ascetics. The scene suggests a home puja with an oil lamp, with the figures showing no clear facial features.2010-02-17A person with long dark wavy hair, wearing a sleeveless orange garment and orange wrap, stands with back to the camera holding a lit oil lamp before a home shrine. The shrine wall has framed deity pictures decorated with white flower garlands, including a purple-background image of two deities, a brightly coloured image of a seated deity, a figure playing a veena, and a pink-clad goddess on a lotus. A small brass or gold shrine and a silver lamp sit on the marble ledge below. Brass vessels and a small plate are on the counter. The person appears to be performing aarti or puja.2008-07-28A photograph of a ritual homa inside a hall with pale yellow walls. A standing man in orange robes holds a flaming vessel overhead while facing an altar draped in white. Behind the altar, a framed portrait of a man seated in orange robes with a beaded necklace, its frame garlanded with yellow and red flowers. Before the altar sits a small deity murti in blue and gold, and a brick-lined fire pit burns with marigold offerings. Brass oil lamps stand on both sides, a white-robed attendant holds a bell, and two children in white sit on the floor at right. Palm leaves and marigold decorations hang on the walls.2007-10-21January 15 20082008-01-15July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph inside a home shrine room with white walls and a white arched niche decorated with green mango-leaf festoons. A woman in an orange sari wears a white and red flower garland and holds her hands over a flame, while a young man in orange robes holds a lit lamp toward the shrine. A bald man in orange sits in the foreground near a brass tray of pink flowers and fruit. Framed deity pictures hang on the niche, including a Venkateswara-style image with a gold frame and flower garlands, and a painted child deity on a side wall scroll. A glass display cabinet holds brass and steel vessels, and fruit and offerings sit on a table at left. A man with folded hands stands at the right edge.2010-01-10January 11 20102010-01-11 +1 copiesAugust 11 20092009-08-11