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A photograph taken inside a small room where a group of devotees stand with palms pressed together in namaskar before a home shrine. A framed picture on the wall shows a seated figure in white with a red heart motif, garlanded with green leaves and red flowers. On the cabinet below, a brass oil lamp with a lit flame is held by a person at left, while a framed image of a bearded figure in a pink-lilac robe and a smaller framed deity picture sit nearby. Standing devotees wear white clothes; one woman has a black mangalsutra-style necklace and wears a white sari, and an elderly woman with glasses and white hair stands at lower right. The page is a photo of a shrine ritual in a home setting.

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A photograph of a small room with plain cream walls and tiled floor, where a devotee in an orange saffron garment with a white and red flower garland holds a lit oil lamp toward a framed portrait of a saffron-clad figure with garlands. Beside him, a person in white ritual clothing stands partly visible. On the right, an older woman with short grey hair and glasses, wearing a white sari with a gold border, presses her palms together in prayer. A wooden stand on the left holds a garlanded framed picture, and a small cassette player sits on a low table. Framed chakra-style graphics hang on the right wall.2010-01-10A small pink-walled room with a wooden shrine cabinet. A framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a garland of white jasmine and red flowers sits on the shrine, with smaller framed photos beside it. A man in an orange robe and white garland holds a lit oil lamp toward the shrine, while a woman in a white sari with gold border and a long braid, a man in white shirt and a woman in orange sari stand with palms pressed together in devotion. A handwritten notice is pinned to the wall by the window. Four people are visible.2010-01-21September 28-29 2006 - Kodikkan Ratha YatraA photograph of a home puja. A man with long dark hair and a white shawl over white clothing holds a lit oil lamp toward a shrine. The shrine has a framed portrait of a smiling deity-style figure garlanded with flowers and framed by green mango leaves, with a green coconut-style kalasha and flower offerings in front. To the right, a man in white dhoti and shawl stands with palms joined in prayer, and a woman in a purple sari with bangles also stands with hands folded. A calendar hangs on the left wall.Photograph of a domestic shrine room with framed deity paintings on the walls and a dark wooden altar ledge holding oil lamps, brass plates and small offerings. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a sacred thread, stands at left tending the altar. A woman in a bright orange sari, with long hair and a flower garland, stands at centre extending her hand toward the shrine. Behind her another woman in orange stands near a large framed portrait of a bearded sannyasi in red and orange robes holding a staff. At right a man in a white shirt and glasses stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, and a woman in a green sari is partly visible at the edge.2010-02-16A photo of a devotional aarti being performed in a small whitewashed room with a blue doorframe. A man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange-saffron shawl over his shoulders holds a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame toward a large framed portrait garlanded with red and pink flower strands and yellow marigolds. Offerings of fruit, flowers and a copper vessel sit on a blue table draped in white cloth. Behind him, a man in white and another in white dhoti stand with palms pressed together in prayer, and a woman in a brown sari with a mala stands at left. Small framed deity images and shelves are at the upper right, and a kolam is drawn on the floor.A domestic shrine room where a sannyasi in saffron-orange robes and a long dark braid holds a lit flame before a framed portrait garlanded with flowers. The portrait shows a figure in orange robes with a beaded necklace and floral garland. To the left, a man in orange robes stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Four women sit in the foreground: two with grey and dark hair in pale clothing, one in a maroon and gold sari with hands folded, and one partly visible at the right edge. Shelves behind hold small deity figurines and brass items, a framed Ganesha painting hangs on the wall, and a blue curtain and a framed black-and-white photograph of an older woman appear in the background, with a sepia picture above the cabinet.2010-01-19A photograph inside a small whitewashed room with a shrine table. A long-haired person in orange saffron robes, bare-shouldered with the cloth draped over one shoulder, holds a lit oil lamp at the altar. On the wall above, a large framed portrait shows a figure in orange robes with long hair and a garland, seated before a banyan-like backdrop. Beside the altar sits a small framed deity picture and a tray with offerings. A woman in a white sari with gold border stands with palms pressed together at the doorway, and a man in white shirt stands behind her. In the lower left, a bald man's head and a video camera are visible, and at right another person in orange holds hands folded in prayer.2012-01-03Indoor shrine room with dark wooden altar cabinets holding framed deity pictures and small brass lamps and offering plates on a low wooden platform. A grey-haired priest with bare upper body and white dhoti with a red-and-gold border stands at left, back to camera. A figure in a long orange robe with a white flower garland holds a lit lamp or flame toward the altar. Another person in orange stands behind. At right, a man in white shirt and white dhoti with glasses stands with palms joined in namaste. On the wall, a large framed portrait of an elderly saint in red-and-white garments with a staff, beside a framed photograph of two robed figures. Marble floor, white walls.2010-02-16Indoor puja at a small altar table draped in orange cloth. A young man in white kurta and dhoti with an orange-red shawl stands centrally, holding a lit oil lamp and a brass vessel over metal plates of offerings. Beside him a woman in a pink sari with an orange shawl stands with hands folded, and at left people with palms pressed together face the altar. On the table are brass plates and a framed portrait; a second framed picture of a robed figure in orange rests on the table. A pale window with vertical blinds is behind the altar.2008-06-29A 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.2009-07-27Three people stand at a home shrine in a narrow wooden-doored hallway. A man in a white shirt and grey trousers, with glasses, stands at left with palms pressed together in prayer. In the centre a woman in an orange sleeveless top and orange garment, with a red flower garland on her head, holds a lit oil lamp toward the shrine. At right an older woman in a white and light-blue sari with a hair ornament stands with her back to the camera. The shrine holds a deity murti with a gold arch and red garlands, a framed portrait, brass oil lamps and a brass plate on the floor, with flower garlands hanging on the wall. Four people are visible, counting the partially seen figure at the right edge.2010-02-16