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A home altar photographed indoors with a large printed portrait on the wall above a table draped in burlap. The portrait shows a seated bearded man in an orange-brown turban, rudraksha-style garlands, ornate gold necklace and orange-brown robes, seated on a striped tiger skin with one hand raised in blessing. Below on the table are brass puja vessels, a brass Ganesha figure, a small brass deity figure, a bowl of fruit with apples and pears, a red cloth, brass oil lamps and a conch-like object. Framed pictures sit on the wall behind the altar, including a framed Shiva image on the right. Warm lamplight.

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