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A photograph inside a small room with white walls and an orange lower wall, showing a household shrine at left with a dark stone-patterned frame, garlands of white jasmine and red flowers, a framed picture, and oil lamps burning on the shelf. A bare-shouldered person in an orange-red turban and orange cloth with a white jasmine garland stands at the shrine lighting or tending the lamps. Behind and to the right, three people stand with palms pressed together in namaskar: one in orange robes, one in white dhoti with a red-and-white shawl, and a young man in white with a rudraksha mala. A child in white stands between them, and devotees are visible through the window behind.

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A small room with a wooden-beamed ceiling and tiled floor, where a shrine wall is decorated with white, orange and multicoloured flower garlands. A man with long dark hair and an orange sleeveless robe with an orange shawl stands at the left, holding a lit oil lamp toward the shrine while a small flame burns. Behind him a monk in orange robes stands with hands folded in prayer, a woman in a white sari with gold border and gold bangles folds her hands, and a man in a white shirt and glasses presses his palms together at the right. Framed pictures and oil lamps sit on the altar, with flower offerings in front.2010-02-15June 23 20132013-06-23 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20122012-01-02A photograph of a small white-walled shrine room during a puja. A man in a long-sleeved white dress stands at the centre-right, wearing a heavy garland of red, yellow and white flowers over saffron-orange robes, holding a lit flame and a brass bell and performing an aarti. Behind him, saffron-robed sannyasis and white-clad devotees stand with palms pressed together, and a young boy in a checked shirt holds a flame. At the left, a deity murti draped in orange cloth with flower garlands sits beside brass lamps, a kalasha and offering plates. A wooden door and iron-grilled windows frame the room, and an orange flag hangs on the right. a person: the garlanded man in orange and gold garments performing the aarti.2012-01-02July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20122012-01-02June 02 20122012-06-02July 01 20142014-07-01A small home shrine room with cream walls, a barred window and a wooden cabinet decorated with marigold and white flower garlands, framed photos and a coconut. A woman in an orange sari with a white flower garland lights a small oil lamp held in her hand. Beside her, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha-style bead necklace stands with palms pressed together in prayer. On the left, a woman in a white sari with gold border holds a brass tray of flowers and a decorated offering basket with banana leaves. A man in a light shirt on the right also folds his hands in prayer. A brass oil lamp stands on the floor beside a kolam design.2010-02-15July 01 20142014-07-01Photograph inside a temple shrine with pale marble walls and a blue door. On the left, a dark stone deity murti draped in an orange and gold cloth stands beside a small altar. A priest in a white dhoti with gold border, bare-chested, holds a lit oil lamp toward a row of dark stone lingams wrapped in white and red cloth. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti and bare chest holds a brass vessel. On the right, a man in an orange-red shawl with gold border and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces stands with palms pressed together in prayer, his hair tied in a knot with a gold band. A man in a white shirt stands at the far right edge. The scene shows puja and aarti being performed.2012-05-08A photograph of a small home prayer room with cream walls and an orange curtained window. On the wall hangs a framed portrait of a seated figure in saffron robes with a garland of red and green flowers; smaller framed deity pictures sit beside it. A man in white clothes with a red shawl stands at left with palms pressed together in namaste. In the centre, a person with long swept-back hair, a white flower garland and a red-and-gold cloth wrap, with gold armbands, bends over a mat. At right, a shaved-headed person in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala holds a lit oil lamp near an orange curtain. Objects visible include a bookshelf, a white appliance and a red rug.2014-07-07 +1 copies