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A photograph inside a plain room with a ceiling fan, fluorescent light and a wall clock. Several men stand in a row facing a decorated altar on the right, with offering trays of fruit and flowers, brass oil lamps, and a framed picture under garlands. A man at left in white clothes presses his palms together in namaste. Beside him, a figure in a long saffron/orange robe with long dark hair holds a lit lamp toward the altar. Other men in white dhotis and shirts stand behind, some with hands folded, and one wears a red shirt at the far left. Wall garlands of yellow and red marigolds frame a painted deity image. Six people are visible.

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December 17 20062006-12-17December 17 20062006-12-17Indoor photograph of a puja at a plain room with pale walls, a wall clock and a window grille. A long-haired man in an orange saffron robe stands at a decorated table, reaching toward offerings of fruit, flowers, a plate of rice and a small oil lamp with a flame. Behind him, men in white dhotis and shirts stand with hands folded in namaskar, and another man in a red shirt handles offerings. A man in white at left, with hands pressed together, faces the altar. Garlands of yellow and red flowers hang at the table front and near the framed picture above, and brass lamps stand on the altar.2006-12-17A woman in a long orange robe with long dark wavy hair stands in a hall before a shrine, holding a lit flame and a small metal vessel as she performs aarti. The shrine table holds brass oil lamps, fruit, a garland-draped framed picture and flower petals. Behind her, a few people in white and orange stand with hands pressed together in prayer, and a uniformed man stands near a glass partition beside ceiling fans.2006-12-17A photograph of an indoor puja at a small shrine on a plain wall in a hall with ceiling fans and glass windows. A person in a saffron-orange robe with long, loose dark hair holds a lit flame. Ornate brass oil lamps, a small framed deity image, fruit, flowers and a plastic bag sit on a draped table below. Beside them a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands with palms joined, and several women in orange, pink and green saris watch. Wall garlands frame a larger painting above the shrine.2006-12-17December 17 20062006-12-17December 17 20062006-12-17A photograph of a small indoor shrine room with pale blue walls and a framed deity picture with garlands at upper right. A figure in an orange saffron robe with long dark hair leans over a wooden platform holding a flame, a heap of white rice, fruits, flowers and brass lamps. Two men in white dhoti and shirt stand at left with palms pressed together in namaskar, and another person in white is partly visible behind. The scene suggests a puja or aarti offering in progress.2006-12-17A photograph inside a plain room with blue walls and a wall clock, showing a devotee in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala bending forward to light or lift a small oil lamp on the floor. Behind him, several men in white dhotis and shirts stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, and a man in a red shirt with a gold chain stands at the left edge. On the right, a table covered with banana leaves, fruit, flower garlands, a bowl of white offerings and a brass lamp holds a framed picture, with a brass kuthuvilakku lamp nearby. The orange-robed figure has long, swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala, with no visible crown or ceremonial gold necklace, so the a person identity is uncertain; he is described by role only.2006-12-17December 17 20062006-12-17February 12 20062006-02-12A photo of a devotional aarti being performed in a small whitewashed room with a blue doorframe. A man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange-saffron shawl over his shoulders holds a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame toward a large framed portrait garlanded with red and pink flower strands and yellow marigolds. Offerings of fruit, flowers and a copper vessel sit on a blue table draped in white cloth. Behind him, a man in white and another in white dhoti stand with palms pressed together in prayer, and a woman in a brown sari with a mala stands at left. Small framed deity images and shelves are at the upper right, and a kolam is drawn on the floor.