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A photograph of a smiling man in a small purple-walled shrine room, bare-chested with a rust-red cloth draped over his shoulder. He wears a garland of green leaves, white jasmine and red roses, along with a rudraksha mala. A white tilak marks his forehead. He is turned to the left, facing a shelf holding a small deity murti with flower garlands, an oil lamp, and framed pictures. Below him, a row of framed images and a cloth-covered altar display more garlands and small lamps. a person cues: long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and ceremonial garland with saffron-red clothing.

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July 04 20142014-07-04July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesA woman in a maroon sari with a white and red flower garland stands at a home shrine niche, lighting a brass oil lamp with a lit flame held in her hand. The shelves hold framed deity pictures, small brass and silver figures and vessels decorated with white flowers, a wooden box with offerings, and a lamp on a tray. Printed devotional images hang on the yellow wall beside the niche. The scene shows a pada puja at a devotee's house.2014-06-26July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04A man seen from behind, bare-shouldered and wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder, with a garland of white jasmine and red roses around his neck and across his back. He holds a lit oil lamp flame in a small shrine niche decorated with framed pictures of deities, brass lamps and a kalasha-like offering on a shelf. Above, strands of white flower garlands hang along a pink wall. Another person stands partly visible at the right edge. Festoons of flowers and a colourful painted frame surround the shrine.2014-07-02 +1 copiesJune 16 20142014-06-16A photograph of a small home shrine in a pink-walled room. A woman in a dark orange-red sari with a white jasmine garland and gold earrings stands at a wall niche lit by oil lamps, her hands extended toward the offerings. Framed deity pictures and printed images hang on the walls and sit on the shelves, decorated with white flowers and marigold garlands. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands behind her with his palms pressed together in namaskar. The scene reflects a home padapuja offering at a devotee's house.2014-06-26June 27 20142014-06-27June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copies