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Photograph of four people standing before a shrine wall in a green-painted room under a fluorescent tube light. Framed colour prints of deities, including a multi-armed goddess and a deity with an ornate tiruchi-style frame, hang above a metal grille and a small offering shelf with red flowers. On the left, a man in a white shirt stands with his back to the camera. Beside him, a young woman in an orange-red garment reaches toward the grille. In the centre, a man in a white dhoti and orange shawl stands facing the shrine. On the far right, a woman in a golden sari with a red border folds her hands in namaskaram. Four people visible.

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A photograph inside a small room with pale green walls and a wooden door frame. A young man in a white kurta with an orange shawl draped over one shoulder stands centre-frame with eyes lowered and a red tilak on his forehead; his hands rest at his sides. To the left, a man in a white shirt holds his palms together in anjali, and a woman in a red top faces the shrine. On the right, a woman in a gold sari with a red border folds her hands in namaskar. Behind them, a wall shelf holds framed deity prints and a small lit oil lamp, with a brass kalasha-like pair of ornaments and a framed goddess image above. The scene suggests a household puja or darshan moment.2008-10-15A photograph of a home shrine on a wall shelf with framed devotional prints of deities, including a central trident-bearing figure, a multi-armed goddess and a pair of deity figures, with red flower garlands beneath. In the foreground a person with long wavy black hair in a sleeveless red top and orange wrap holds a silver oil lamp with a flame toward the shrine. To the right an older woman in a gold-bordered sari with gold bangles stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Two people are visible.2008-10-15A man with long, swept-back black hair wears a sleeveless red top and orange cloth wrapped at the waist, holding a silver lamp with a lit flame on a shelf of framed deity pictures. Above a grilled cabinet, framed prints of Hindu deities, including a multi-armed goddess and a figure with a crown, are decorated with red and white flowers. A woman in a cream sari with a magenta border and gold bangles stands at right with her palms pressed together in namaskar. A partial figure in white is visible at the left edge. This appears to be a home puja or aarti at a shrine shelf.2008-10-15Photograph 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 photograph taken inside a narrow room with a small shrine on the far wall decorated with framed colour prints of deities and a framed portrait of a seated figure in saffron. A man with long curly dark hair, wearing a white kurta and a red-and-orange shawl, stands at left with palms pressed together in prayer. In the centre, a figure in an orange robe with a yellow and red flower garland on the head faces the shrine. A seated man in a dark striped shirt sits near the shrine, and a woman with a long braid and white flower garland stands at right in the foreground. A brass lamp and offerings are placed at the shrine.2010-02-15January 23 20102010-01-23January 23 20102010-01-23June 21 20142014-06-21 +1 copiesJanuary 23 20102010-01-23A home shrine corner in a wooden-framed interior. A framed gold-and-red tiled panel of deity images hangs on the wall, with a peacock feather tucked at its side and small framed pictures and brass lamps on a glass shelf below. Three women stand facing the shrine: one in an orange sari with flowers in her hair reaches toward the panel, another in an orange sari with a red border bends forward, and a woman in a light blue sari stands at right with palms pressed together in namaskar. A partially visible person with hands folded is at left edge. Other people are visible only partially, and the scene reads as a devotional visit to a home altar.2010-02-17January 11 20102010-01-11 +1 copiesJanuary 23 20102010-01-23