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Outdoor memorial shrine decorated with yellow, red, pink and white flower garlands draped over white stone pillars and a white stone canopy. A framed portrait photograph sits at the base on a pink patterned cloth, with a brass oil lamp in front. Two women in orange-red saris stand facing the shrine: the one in front holds a brass bell and the one beside her, wearing a face mask and a beaded necklace, holds a tray of flower petals. A woman in a green sari is partly visible at the right edge. Trees and a hillside are behind.

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November 15 20212021-11-15November 15 20212021-11-15November 15 20212021-11-15Outdoor photo of three women in saris performing a puja at a memorial. In the foreground, a woman in a pink and gold sari holds a silver tray of pink and yellow flower petals. Beside her, a woman in an orange blouse with a face mask holds a brass bell near a framed black-and-white portrait photo placed on a blue cloth. At right, a woman in an orange sari holds a brass plate and lights an oil lamp, its flame visible on a small brass stand. Behind them are white stone shrines garlanded with yellow, orange and pink flower strings, with green trees and hills beyond under an overcast sky.2021-11-15November 15 20212021-11-15November 15 20212021-11-15November 15 20212021-11-15November 15 20212021-11-15November 15 20212021-11-15Outdoor photograph of a white stone memorial shrine (samadhi-style structure with carved face panel and tiered roof) draped in garlands of yellow, white, pink and red flowers. In front on a blue cloth sits a framed black-and-white portrait photograph of an older man in a checked shirt, with a dark memorial stone or lingam-like object behind a flower garland; pink and magenta cloths and scattered petals lie on the ground. Hills and green fields with trees fill the background. No physical people are visible; the portrait is a printed photo, not a living person.2021-11-15Outdoor photo of a small grey stone shrine canopy draped with yellow, white and purple flower garlands, standing over a memorial slab with a pink and green cloth and a dark stone plaque bearing Tamil inscription. An orange-and-purple canopy shades the scene. A woman in a brown and yellow floral sari with a pink flower in her hair bends forward toward the shrine, while a man in white kurta and white dhoti, wearing a face mask, offers a garland. A girl in a red dress and a face mask stands at right, and a man in white dhoti stands in the background. Red earth and fallen petals cover the ground.2021-11-15A photograph of a devotee in saffron-orange robes standing at a stone shrine, viewed from behind, with long dark hair. The devotee is offering prayers at a granite altar decorated with multicolored flower garlands hanging from pillars and draped red cloth. Brass lamps, bowls and a kalasha sit on the platform before a deity murti dressed in white cloth, with an orange-clad figure seated near the image. A small seated figure appears at the right edge, with carved stone pillars in the background. The scene suggests a temple puja.2008-01-02