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Indoor house visit with colourful paper streamers and ribbons strung across the ceiling and walls. A woman in a white sari with a green and gold border stands at left, holding a rudraksha mala and a flower, beside a boy in a red shirt holding fruit. At centre, a figure with long hair tied back, wearing an ochre-orange dhoti and shawl, rudraksha beads, gold armlets and bangles, is gesturing with an arm extended. At right, a man in a white dhoti and kurta with a white flower garland gestures toward him while a camera operator stands beside. Bananas, fruit and offerings sit on tables in the background, with another person in orange in the far background. The scene reads as a devotee home visit with puja offerings.

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A photograph inside a home decorated with multicoloured paper streamers strung across the ceiling. A tall figure in an orange-red saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a long rudraksha mala and gold armlets, has long swept-back hair and reaches out toward a man in white. A woman in a white sari with green-gold border and a rudraksha mala stands at left, and a boy in a red kurta stands near her. A man in white dhoti and shirt with white flower garlands stands at right, holding a small object. Fruit and offerings are arranged on a low table and a patterned carpet on the floor.2014-07-07July 07 20142014-07-07July 07 20142014-07-07Indoor house visit with festive paper streamers in multicolour hanging across the ceiling and walls. A central figure in a rust-orange wrap with gold-edged borders wears a long rudraksha mala and gold bangles, gesturing with an outstretched arm while speaking. A smiling woman in white with a long braid stands at left, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a flower garland stands at right beside a camera operator, and a man in a white shirt faces away in the foreground. Floral offerings and small brass vessels sit on a low table near a heart-shaped decoration on the wall.2014-07-07July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07July 07 20142014-07-07Indoor home visit with devotees in a living room with a red accent wall and a staircase at left. A smiling woman in a white saree with gold border and a rudraksha mala, garlanded with white and red flowers, holds a red apple. Beside her a woman in a maroon saree with gold border, also garlanded, stands near an older man in a maroon shirt and white dhoti holding fruit. A young man in a maroon shirt and white dhoti stands nearby. Two young men in orange robes with floral garlands stand behind, and a man in white with a rudraksha mala is further back. At right, a woman in a rust-red saree with gold bangles extends her hands toward the fruit. No identifiable a person candidate is visible.2014-07-07July 07 20142014-07-07Indoor home visit in a living room decorated with multicoloured paper streamers. A smiling woman in a white and green-bordered sari with a long plait and flowers stands at left, looking toward a seated figure. Seated at right on a red-brown cloth is a person in saffron-orange robes with a large rudraksha mala and gold bangles, holding two round red fruits. Two young boys in saffron cloth, one bare-chested with beads, sit beside a wooden box near the centre. A sofa with floral lace cover, curtains and a refrigerator are in the background.2014-07-07A photograph of a padapuja (foot-worship) during a house visit in a domestic living room. On the right, a bare-chested man in saffron-red cloth with a shawl, long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and a large white flower garland sits on a red cushioned seat, holding a tall silver staff topped with a kalasha-like finial. Beside him a young woman in a white sari with green border sits on the floor watching a devotee, and a man in white kneels at lower left with his hands at a brass plate of flowers. Other men in orange robes sit or stand around the room; a red sofa, a refrigerator and patterned curtains are visible. Several people are present in the room.2014-07-07A house-visit padapuja inside a room decorated with colourful paper streamers. A bare-chested, long-haired figure in an orange-brown cloth with a brown waist sash, gold armlets and a rudraksha mala places both hands on the head of a kneeling man in white dhoti and shirt with a white flower garland. Behind them a woman in a white sari with a green border and a beaded mala, a young man, a boy in red kurta with glasses holding a fruit, and an older man in white stand watching. Brass puja plates, bananas, flowers and a kalasha sit on a table to the right, and a photographer with a camera stands at the edge of the frame. Total visible people: about six.2014-07-07