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A small whitewashed room with a barred window holds a tiered altar draped in saffron-orange cloth and heaped with white jasmine and red rose garlands. At the top sits a small statue of a figure with hands folded in namaskar, wearing a blue turban-style headdress and an orange garment. Two brass oil lamps with lit flames stand on either side, with fruit, flower offerings and a small brass bowl on the lower steps. A person in a green head cover stands at the left edge, and a hand holding a lamp appears at the lower right. Plastic bags, a Kashmir apple crate and yellow sacks lie against the walls. The scene suggests a puja at a camp.

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January 06 20122012-01-06A photograph of a murti-like statue of a standing male figure with a raised right hand in a blessing gesture, wearing a blue turban and draped in a pale green-and-cream shawl over saffron-orange cloth. The statue sits on an orange-draped platform decorated with heavy garlands of white jasmine and red roses, plus yellow marigold strands. Two brass oil lamps with flame stand on either side, and a lit oil lamp sits in the lower right. A window with iron bars, a green plastic bag, and cardboard boxes printed with Kashmir apple labels appear in the background. No physical people are visible. The statue is a depiction of a figure, not a living person.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A small whitewashed room with a barred window holds a garlanded deity murti draped in orange cloth and fronted by a brass oil lamp with a lit flame. Strings of white jasmine and yellow and red flower garlands hang on the figure, and more blooms and a leaf bundle sit on the altar. Brass lamp stands with flower-topped kalasha-style finials flank the scene, and offering bags of marigolds and a plastic-wrapped basket sit on the floor beside Kashmir apple cartons. No people are visible.2012-01-06A photograph of a statue, not a living person, seated on an orange cloth in a small room with a barred window. The figure wears a blue turban, an orange garment and a long green-and-white shawl, and is heavily garlanded with white flower strands and red roses. In front stand brass oil lamps, one with a lit flame, and a small lit oil lamp rests on the floor beside a cardboard carton marked Kashmir. Plastic bags of flowers, cloth and offerings are piled near a closed green door. Outside the window, blurred figures move past.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A photograph of a small room with a blue-faced deity murti in a blue crown and dressed in a saffron cloth, heavily decorated with white and red flower garlands. Two women in white sit on a mat in front of the murti, one holding a rosary while the other sits beside her. In the foreground a woman in an orange-red robe kneels before a brass tray with small brass vessels, a plate of flowers, and a lit oil lamp. Brass lamps and offering vessels surround the altar, and a window with a red cloth and an orange curtain are visible.2012-01-06A small indoor room with a blue-painted deity murti. Brass oil lamps (deepa) burn in front of it, with brass pots and offering plates of flowers and fruit. Two women sit cross-legged on a woven mat: the older woman in a white sari holds a rudraksha mala and a small book, and the younger woman in white beside her holds a brass lamp. A third person in an orange-red garment sits at the lower right, partly visible. Behind them is a white wall, a grey door and an orange curtain, and a Kashmir apple carton sits against the wall. The scene suggests a puja in progress.2012-01-06January 01 20122012-01-01A small room with pale blue walls and a barred window with a red cloth draped over it. A standing statue of a figure in a blue turban and orange garment, with a raised hand, is decorated with garlands of white jasmine and red roses and marigolds. Brass oil lamps with a lit flame stand on either side, and a brass kalasha-like finial and flower offerings sit at the base. Bedding and a checked bag are visible at left. No physical people are visible. This is a statue depiction, not a person in the scene.2012-01-06