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A home shrine niche with a framed portrait labelled "PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA" garlanded with white flowers and a fruit-and-flower garland. A brass oil lamp with a lit wick stands on a white-clothed table, beside a small brass bell, a smaller lit lamp, framed deity pictures and a red-and-gold plate. A woman in a red blouse with hair tied up and fruit decorations faces the shrine, holding a brass bell, while another woman in a white sari with a red shawl stands beside her, smiling. The scene shows a household puja with oil lamps and offerings.

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June 24 20142014-06-24June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJuly 10 20092009-07-10Indoor home shrine during a devotee house puja. Two people face a framed portrait of a man with long dark hair, orange robe and a beaded necklace, flanked by garlands of white jasmine and yellow flowers, with oil lamps burning on a wooden table. A shaved-headed person in an orange shawl with a rudraksha-style garland stands at left, and a woman in a red sari with a red-and-yellow flower garland and gold earrings presses her palms together at right. Above, a framed panel shows several deity murti in a row. Offerings of fruit, flowers and a plate of kumkum and rice sit before the shrine, and a banana leaf lies on the left.2014-06-26July 01 20142014-07-01Photo of a home shrine in a small room where two devotees perform a puja. In the foreground, a shaven-headed devotee in saffron cloth wears a white flower garland and rudraksha beads, seen from behind. Beside them, a woman in a deep red sari with a red flower garland and gold earrings holds a small object near the altar. The altar holds a framed portrait of a saffron-robed man with a rudraksha mala and a white flower garland, plus a row of framed deity images across the top, oil lamps, fruit, a brass plate of flowers and a kalasha-like offering. A banana leaf sits on the left.2014-06-26A small room with a home shrine on a wooden table against a white wall. A man with long dark hair and a bare back, wearing an orange saffron dhoti and shawl with a gold edge, holds a metal vessel and performs a puja. Beside him a woman in a white sari with a gold border stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a beaded necklace. On the wall above the shrine hangs a large framed picture of a saffron-robed man with long hair and rudraksha beads beneath a banyan tree, along with a small framed deity image garlanded with flowers. The table holds brass lamps, a small deity figure, a bell, a brass plate and oil lamps, and a light-blue refrigerator stands at the left.2012-01-03June 23 20132013-06-23 +1 copiesJune 26 20142014-06-26A photograph inside a small wooden-framed shrine alcove. A woman in an orange sari with a red-and-orange flower garland lights a lamp from a flame at a framed devotional picture, while a second woman in orange kneels in the foreground. A foreground figure joins palms in anjali. The shrine holds framed deity pictures, a golden murti, brass plates, lamps, and flower offerings on a wooden ledge. Two women and one partially visible hand are the physical people present, with the framed pictures showing a trio of figures in traditional dress.2010-01-23