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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.

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A 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 20142014-06-27July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesA 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 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 copiesA 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 home shrine corner in a Tamil Nadu house. In the foreground a sannyasi-style figure with back to camera, wearing a maroon-red dhoti-like wrap with a gold border, a long white jasmine garland with red flowers, and an orange fruit tucked in the garland, stands beside a smiling woman in a red sari holding a lit brass oil lamp. A wall niche to the right holds framed deity pictures, a small idol, flowers, bells and lit lamps. Other women stand in the background near a window.2014-06-27June 26 20142014-06-26A smiling woman in a rust-orange blouse and saffron-coloured wrap stands in a pink-walled room, wearing a garland of red roses, white jasmine and green leaves. She holds a brass oil lamp with a bright flame toward a framed deity picture decorated with a red and white flower garland. Brass lamps and a small harmonium sit on a low table, and a second person with folded hands stands behind her. Framed devotional posters hang on the walls.2014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 23 20132013-06-23 +2 copiesA woman in a maroon sari with a white jasmine and red flower garland and gold bangles stands at a wall shrine in a pink-walled room, lighting or tending an oil lamp flame at the shrine's edge. The shrine niche holds framed deity pictures, small figures and marigold garlands. Beside her, a man in white clothes presses his palms together in namaskar, and a woman in an orange shawl and white sari with a rudraksha mala also has her hands folded. A yellow and purple draped cloth and marigold garlands decorate the wall at left, and a clock and a framed painting hang above.2014-06-26