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A photograph inside a small shrine room with red brick walls, decorated with thick garlands of red, yellow and white flowers. A framed portrait with a flower garland hangs on the wall and a small altar below holds lit oil lamps, fruit and brass vessels. A woman in a dark red sari with gold border and a white flower garland stands at left, holding an offering, while a shaved-headed person in a saffron-orange wrap and rudraksha beads, with a dark brown lamp flame in front, performs the lamp ritual. A figure at left edge is partially visible. Gold bangles and earrings are visible.

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July 07 20142014-07-07June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +2 copiesJune 27 20142014-06-27July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesA domestic prayer room during a pada puja at a devotee's house. A person in a maroon sari with a multicolour and white flower garland holds a lit oil lamp and a small brass bell, smiling, with rudraksha-style beads and kumkum on the forehead. Beside them a young shaven-headed man in an orange saffron robe holds a large steel plate of white and red flowers. A man in a white dhoti and shirt stands behind, with more onlookers in the doorway. Framed deity pictures hang on the tiled wall, a dark wooden cabinet stands in the room, and a small brass tray with offerings sits on the floor.2014-06-26A home shrine corner with a yellow-painted wooden shelf draped in white jasmine garlands and marigold petals. On the shelf sit small brass deity figures, a brass lamp, framed photographs and a silver trident-like ritual object at left. A large framed portrait on the lower left, labelled as a photo of Paramahamsa Nithyananda, shows a saffron-robed man, with flowers around it. Two men stand before the shelf: a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and a white flower garland performs an aarti, holding a brass lamp with a flame; a second man with long hair in a bun, wearing a pink-red shawl and red flower garland, stands with hands folded, eyes lowered. A table fan sits between them.2014-06-26A woman seen from behind in a red-brown sari with gold border lights an oil lamp in a red brick shrine niche. Her hair is in a bun with a white flower garland, and she wears gold bangles and an armlet. Before her hangs a framed deity murti, garlanded with white and red flowers, and below it a framed portrait wrapped in red, orange and white flower garlands and a rudraksha-style mala. A hanging bronze bell hangs at the right. Small framed images and marigold offerings sit on side shelves, with a brass lamp stand and fruit offerings at the base. The room is a home shrine for padapuja house visits.2014-07-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a home shrine cabinet decorated with red and white flower garlands. A man in a rust-red dhoti with a gold-edged band and a red-orange upper cloth, wearing gold bangles and a rudraksha mala with flower garlands, lights a lamp inside the glass-fronted cabinet while smiling. Behind him, a second person in an orange-saffron robe with a flower garland stands by a white-covered table. Inside the shrine are brass lamps, a small framed picture and a red flower garland on a tray.2014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 08 20142014-07-08July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copies