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An empty room with white walls and a polished pale floor is set up as a small shrine. A red velvet-draped altar holds three framed black-and-white portraits garlanded with white and red flower strands and lit from above. Beside it stands a large framed color portrait of a smiling man with an orange turban and orange robe, wearing a flower garland, resting on a red cloth. A brass tray of flower petals, small steel plates, a brass vessel and a garlanded figure sit on the floor in front of the altar. No people are visible.

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July 03 20142014-07-03 +1 copiesA shrine room with a red satin draped altar holding three black-and-white framed portraits of men, each garlanded with white and pink flower strands, and a large framed color portrait on the right showing a smiling man in an orange-saffron turban and orange robes, also garlanded. In front, a covered object wrapped in red and gold-bordered cloth with a flower garland sits on the tiled floor, scattered with rose petals. Walls are white with decorative plaster columns and a wall-mounted light. No people are physically present in the room.2014-07-03A small shrine room with white walls and a shiny tiled floor scattered with rose and jasmine petals. Behind a draped red satin cloth stand three framed black-and-white portraits of men in robes, each garlanded with white jasmine and red flower strands. To the right, a larger gold-framed colour portrait shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robes with a red tilak mark, garlanded with white flowers. In front, a linga-shaped object stands on a maroon cloth with gold border, decorated with garlands. A small deity figure sits on a low platform at right, decorated with flowers. The scene is a padapuja-style display with no people visible.2014-07-03A photograph of a padapuja in a white-walled room. A standing man in a maroon dhoti and maroon shawl with gold borders, wearing a long white and red flower garland and a red rudraksha-style mala, sprinkles flower petals with his right hand. Before him, a seated figure in a red and gold cloth, adorned with garlands, is worshipped at its feet. Behind them, three framed black-and-white portraits, each draped with white and pink garlands, rest on a red satin-draped ledge with red bolsters. A tray of fruit and flower petals sits on the floor in the foreground. Warm lighting highlights the altar.2014-07-03July 03 20142014-07-03A person in a maroon and gold-bordered dhoti with a white and pink flower garland and gold bangles stands at left, reaching toward a red-draped shrine with white flower garlands and small framed photos. A large gilt-framed portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe, garlanded with white flowers, stands at right beside a small deity murti and flower offerings on the floor, with petals scattered on white tiles. The scene suggests a padapuja at a devotee home. The person's face is not identifiable here and the portrait is a printed depiction, so no identity is asserted from appearance; the portrait caption is not legible in the image.2014-07-03July 03 20142014-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 03 20142014-07-03July 03 20142014-07-03Photo 116877592014-07-04July 03 20142014-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 03 20142014-07-03