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A photograph taken indoors at a medical camp in a dim room with a plain yellowed wall and a barred window. A man in a white shirt on the left presses his palms together in greeting while holding a hand near his face. A woman in a brown patterned shawl and a white hairnet holds a small oil lamp with a visible flame toward him across a white-draped table. A third man in a white shirt and hairnet stands behind her near the window, wearing a lanyard badge. Two people are physically present; the flame and table cloth are the focus.

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January 06 20122012-01-06A small whitewashed room with a corrugated metal ceiling and a barred window on the left. A woman in an orange sari with long dark hair and a white flower garland lights an oil lamp (deepam) set on a wall ledge. Beside her, a green-covered table holds brass oil lamps, a bowl of white flowers, fruit and a framed picture garlanded with jasmine and red flowers. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and a wristwatch holds his hands together in prayer, while several people stand at the edge of the frame in orange and dark clothing.2010-02-18A photograph taken indoors in a small room with white walls and a barred window. A man in a white shirt, seen from behind with his palms pressed together, stands at left. A figure in a saffron-orange robe with a white flower garland and long swept-back dark hair holds a lit oil lamp toward a small wall niche decorated with red flowers. A third person in orange, with hands folded near their face, is partly visible at the right edge. Three people are visible in the scene.2011-05-23October 05 20112011-10-05November 07 20112011-11-07June 20 20142014-06-20A domestic kitchen with a tiled wall, wooden cabinets, steel vessels and a window. A man with long dark hair, a marigold garland and a rust-red wrap with gold trim lights an oil lamp on the counter, holding a small brass vessel. Beside him, a man in glasses and a white shawl stands with palms pressed together in namaste, and a shaved-headed devotee in red and white joins in at right. Plates of offerings sit at lower left.2014-06-16November 05 20062006-11-05A dim, unfinished brick room lit by a single small window. A woman in an orange sari with a pink flower garland holds a lit oil lamp (deepam) before a framed picture of a deity on the wall, decorated with orange and yellow marigold garlands. Beside her, a woman with flowers in her hair and a maroon sari holds an oil lamp on the lower left, and a man in a white shirt stands with palms pressed together in prayer on the right. Brass plates of offerings sit on the floor.2010-01-23November 13 20052005-11-13A photograph inside a plain white-walled hall with a red-painted floor and green-framed windows. A man in an orange and red robe holds a lit flame toward a framed deity image garlanded with white and yellow flowers on the right. A woman in an orange sari and red blouse holds a tray of red offerings. Two men in white dhotis, one wearing a yellow shawl, and a man in white with a red shawl stand watching. A small wooden table holds fruit, a kalasha-like vessel, and offering plates. The scene resembles a puja with aarti, though the man with the flame is not clearly identified.2009-07-27Indoor photo in a small room with pale yellow walls and a barred window. In the foreground, a man in white seen from behind holds a flame lamp toward a small shrine decorated with red flowers and a deity murti. A man with long dark hair, wearing a white flower garland and an orange cloth draped over his bare upper body, smiles while looking down at the lamp. To the right, a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and gold wristwatch stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. The scene suggests an aarti being performed.2011-05-23