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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.

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A 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 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.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 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.2010-02-15July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesA 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 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +2 copiesJune 27 20142014-06-27June 27 20142014-06-27June 26 20142014-06-26A photograph of a devotee standing with her back to the camera in a small shrine room with red brick walls, lighting a lamp held in her raised right hand. She wears an orange-red garment draped over her shoulder with a gold-bordered end, a white and orange flower garland at her neck, and gold bangles. The shrine above holds a framed image of a deity in an ornate gold frame, draped with flower garlands. Below, a framed portrait of a saffron-robed man, garlanded with orange and yellow flowers, stands above a shelf with brass lamps, a bell hanging on the right, and floral decorations. The visible person is a single devotee performing aarti at the shrine.2014-07-07 +1 copies