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A woman with her hair in a bun and a white jasmine garland stands in a red sari before a small shrine alcove at a home altar, bending forward with an oil lamp lit on a brass tray before her. The alcove walls are covered with framed devotional prints and calendar-style pictures of deities, with yellow flowers tucked around the frames. Carved wooden doorway arches frame the scene, and a carved brown wooden panel hangs on the left wall. The setting suggests a padapuja at a devotee's house.

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A woman in a white jasmine garland and orange-red garment performs an aarti in a small home shrine. She holds a flaming oil lamp aloft with her right hand toward framed deity prints on the wall, including colourful pictures of goddesses and a seated deity. Below, a brass lamp, a small silver-toned altar with marigold and white flowers, and brass puja vessels sit on a table. Gold earrings and bangles are visible. The scene is a pada puja devotee home visit.2014-06-26A woman with a dark bun and a red-orange blouse stands at a home shrine, holding a lit oil lamp in her right hand towards framed deity prints adorned with white jasmine garlands and peacock feathers. The prints show deity murti images on a red-and-gold background. A brass oil lamp with a white flower garland sits on a white table in front of the shrine, with a small brass bowl, a small box and printed cards. A partially visible bald man in white stands at left, and a red garland with a gold necklace is draped over the woman's shoulder. Wooden cabinet doors frame the scene.2014-06-22A woman with a dark hair bun and a red-and-gold garland stands at a wooden home shrine cabinet with open doors, facing framed colourful deity prints decorated with white flower garlands and peacock feathers. Several small framed pictures sit on lower shelves, and an oil lamp with a white flower garland rests on the floor below. A partially visible bald man in the left foreground, with a camera-like object at the frame edge, looks toward the shrine. Pictured deities include a multi-armed figure and an elephant-headed form, a shrine-room puja scene.2014-06-22A woman in a rust-red sari with a white flower garland worn over her shoulders stands with her back to the camera, lighting an oil lamp at a small home shrine. On the wall hangs a framed poster of a deity murti decorated with garlands and a tilak. On the shelf are a black stone deity figure with a tilak and rudraksha mala, framed prints, a kalasha-style brass pot, a plate with kumkum and flowers, and a wooden peacock-feather fan. A man in an orange robe with a beaded mala stands at the right edge, watching.2014-06-27A 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 22 20142014-06-22 +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.2014-06-26A woman in a sleeveless orange top with long dark hair stands with her back to the camera in a small shrine room with white marble walls. She lifts a lit oil lamp or wick toward a shrine wall decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands and a white flower garland draped over her shoulders. Brass oil lamps and offering plates sit on a wooden ledge at the lower right, with a small framed picture and a brass plate nearby. Another person's head is visible at the bottom edge.2010-02-15A woman seen from behind in a red-brown sari with gold border lights an oil lamp in a red brick shrine niche. Her hair is in a bun with a white flower garland, and she wears gold bangles and an armlet. Before her hangs a framed deity murti, garlanded with white and red flowers, and below it a framed portrait wrapped in red, orange and white flower garlands and a rudraksha-style mala. A hanging bronze bell hangs at the right. Small framed images and marigold offerings sit on side shelves, with a brass lamp stand and fruit offerings at the base. The room is a home shrine for padapuja house visits.2014-07-07 +1 copiesJune 22 20142014-06-22June 27 20142014-06-27July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copies