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A photograph of a home visit in which a man with long dark hair, wearing a reddish-maroon garment, a white jasmine garland and a beaded brown bracelet, reaches forward with an outstretched hand toward a woman holding a newborn wrapped in white cloth. Several women watch and smile: one in a beige and gold sari, an elderly woman with white hair in a green and navy sari with a red bindi, and another in a dark patterned top. A young man in orange stands at the left holding bundled cloth. A white wall, a light switch and an orange cloth hang behind them. a person is shown with long swept-back hair, a jasmine garland and beaded ornaments, performing a blessing during a padapuja house visit.

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A seated figure with swept-back dark hair wears a red-brown cloth draped over the shoulder, a white and green flower garland, a gold arm band and a rudraksha mala, smiling at a group in a small white-walled room. A young man in an orange dhoti and shawl stands behind holding a bundle wrapped in white cloth. A woman in a pink sari holds a baby in white and green wrapping, and a man in a purple shirt on the right offers red fruit to the seated figure. An orange cloth hangs on the upper wall. Five to six people are visible.2014-07-07September 03 20132013-09-03July 10 20142014-07-10A photograph inside a home shrine room with yellow walls and wooden cabinets, a garlanded doorway and small lamps lit on a floor mat. A person with short dark hair and a red-and-white shawl leans forward on the left, offering something from cupped hands to a smiling woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala. Beside her a bare-headed man in a white shirt and white dhoti wears a mala and white tilak and watches. Behind them a man in a maroon shirt holds a baby with a shaved head, and several standing people in saffron and orange clothing and a woman in a blue sari look on. Strings of marigolds and a small deity picture are visible.2014-07-10 +1 copiesApril 17 20172017-04-17July 07 20142014-07-07Indoor photograph of a devotional gathering in a plain-walled room. In the foreground, a woman in a beige sari sits on the floor holding an infant wrapped in a pale green cloth. Beside her, a man in white shirt and dhoti with a dark rudraksha-style mala stands looking down at the baby. A young man in white with a yellow shawl kneels at left, and a woman in orange and red garments with a green-fruit garland in her hair sits at lower right. Behind them, several women in white and cream saris with gold borders stand with hands pressed in anjali, and older men in white dhotis and shirts watch. No deity or swami is clearly visible; the central figure's appearance is not clearly identifiable.2009-08-08Indoor scene in a temple hall with a gold deity murti and marigold garlands at upper right. A woman in orange-red sari with a white tilak sits on the left, wearing white jasmine garlands and holding a banana. On the right, a smiling woman in orange-red sari holds a baby wrapped in pink and white cloth. Behind them, women in white with rudraksha malas and brown shawls smile, one holding a baby in pink, and another in orange stands at the far right. A red carpet covers the floor.2014-08-27July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesNovember 10 20152015-11-10A photograph inside a small domestic room during a house visit. Seated on the right, a person in a deep orange-red robe with a large multicolour flower garland (pink, yellow and green) and gold armbands is smiling and holding a red fruit. Beside him, two young men in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas handle items on a low wooden platform. A woman in a red-and-orange sari holds a baby wrapped in a pink and white blanket and smiles. Behind them, an older woman in a purple sari and other women in red, green and purple saris stand watching, and a young man in white robes stands at the back. A wall shelf with framed photographs, a small television and a wooden altar cabinet with a pink flower are visible.2014-07-08 +1 copiesOctober 28 20132013-10-28