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A woman in a white sari with an orange-red shawl lights brass oil lamps on a small wooden cabinet in a plain room. Behind the lamps is a framed photograph of a figure in orange robes and a rudraksha-style necklace seated before a banyan-like tree, with Tamil text printed beneath it. Floral curtains in red and cream hang to the right. The woman is a devotee performing lamp worship; the portrait is a printed image on the wall.

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October 23 20112011-10-23October 23 20112011-10-23October 23 20112011-10-23October 23 20112011-10-23January 03 20122012-01-03A photograph of a devotional setting. On the left, a bearded man with long dark hair wears an orange robe and stands with palms pressed together in prayer. In the centre, a framed portrait of a smiling man with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe and a rudraksha mala, sits in meditation pose against a tree-trunk backdrop; the frame is decorated with a white jasmine garland and red flowers. A woman in a white sari with gold border and a dark beaded necklace, holding a small lamp, stands at right, while other women in red and blue clothing stand behind her. In front of the portrait is a brass oil lamp with several lit wicks and a brass bird-shaped ornament, set on a gold and maroon cloth. Other women are visible in the background.2010-02-12June 23 20132013-06-23 +2 copiesA photograph of a small room with plain cream walls and tiled floor, where a devotee in an orange saffron garment with a white and red flower garland holds a lit oil lamp toward a framed portrait of a saffron-clad figure with garlands. Beside him, a person in white ritual clothing stands partly visible. On the right, an older woman with short grey hair and glasses, wearing a white sari with a gold border, presses her palms together in prayer. A wooden stand on the left holds a garlanded framed picture, and a small cassette player sits on a low table. Framed chakra-style graphics hang on the right wall.2010-01-10April 17 20112011-04-17A small room with a home shrine on a wooden table against a white wall. A man with long dark hair and a bare back, wearing an orange saffron dhoti and shawl with a gold edge, holds a metal vessel and performs a puja. Beside him a woman in a white sari with a gold border stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a beaded necklace. On the wall above the shrine hangs a large framed picture of a saffron-robed man with long hair and rudraksha beads beneath a banyan tree, along with a small framed deity image garlanded with flowers. The table holds brass lamps, a small deity figure, a bell, a brass plate and oil lamps, and a light-blue refrigerator stands at the left.2012-01-03June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesA photograph inside a plain room with cream walls and a fluorescent tube light. In the foreground a person with long dark hair in an orange robe bows with palms pressed together before a brass oil lamp (deepam) with a lit flame and a tray of flowers. A man in white dhoti and shirt holds a yellow-cloth-wrapped tray nearby. Behind, a woman in a white sari with red border stands with folded hands, and another woman in a white and red-patterned sari stands at left. On the right, a framed photograph of a seated figure in orange robes and rudraksha mala is garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers and set on an orange and green silk-draped stand. The framed figure is a portrait, not a physical person; any identification of the orange-robed figure in the foreground is an appearance-based candidate only.2010-02-12