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A photograph of a home interior during a house visit: a man in a reddish-maroon robe with a white floral garland and a rudraksha mala holds a brass lamp with a lit flame near a wall of patterned tiles with golden oil-lamp motifs. A second man behind him, in a maroon garment with a mala, stands with palms pressed together in prayer. A wooden door is on the left.

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June 24 20142014-06-24A small pink-walled room with a wooden shrine cabinet on the left containing framed deity pictures and brass vessels. A man with a shaved head, wearing an orange-brown shawl over a saffron dhoti and multiple rudraksha malas, holds a lit oil lamp toward the shrine. Beside him, a man in ochre robes and rudraksha mala holds a brass bowl of flower petals. The man in the foreground wears a long dense garland of red roses with yellow marigolds, gold armlets and bracelets, and a dark swept-back hair style, and rings a brass handbell with his right hand. A floor covering with dark floral print lies beneath, and a pink-and-white floral garland hangs on the wall. Puja in progress at a shrine.2014-07-01June 24 20142014-06-24 +2 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24June 24 20142014-06-24May 12 20122012-05-12May 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesPhotograph of a camphor flame burning above a silver tray of flowers and white offerings on a gold-edged table, during an aarti in a temple setting. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand behind the flame: the one on the left has bare arms and bare chest with multiple rudraksha malas and a large gold pendant, the one on the right wears a long rudraksha mala, gold garlands and folds his hands in namaskar with a red-tilak, red-banded headband. Behind them a younger man in white dhoti and shawl with a gold border and a mala stands on the right. Golden ritual objects and a brass lamp are visible.2012-06-05May 26 20132013-05-26 +1 copiesMay 11 20122012-05-11July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a shrine room in a temple-like setting. A bare-chested priest with a shaved head, wearing a rust-red dhoti with gold border and a beaded rudraksha-style necklace, holds a lit flame toward a gilded shrine with a deity murti decorated with white and pink flowers. Beside him stands a second attendant in red-orange cloth with a garland, arm bands and head beads. Silver kalasha-style vessels and pink petals sit on a stone ledge, and warm lamplights frame the arched niche.2012-05-11