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A home altar photographed head-on, with no people visible. Centre is a framed print of Shiva seated in meditation, with a crescent moon in his hair, a trident and damaru behind him, and a garland of yellow and red flowers. To the left, a framed portrait labelled with a printed name shows a smiling man in orange robes and a beaded necklace, his hand raised in greeting before a banyan tree; this is a depiction of a candidate for a person, identity not certain from appearance. Right of centre is a painted goddess with a red and gold crown beside a blue backdrop. Offerings on a leopard-print cloth include brass pots, a brass lamp with a lit wick, marigold and jasmine flower arrangements, a plate of cooked food, and small figurines of deities and a Shiva lingam.