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A home shrine photographed for a daily puja. Centre: a life-size standing cardboard cutout of a smiling man in a red-orange turban, orange robes, a rudraksha and gold bead mala, and a trident held in one hand, with a white tilak on the forehead; he is not a live person. Above him hangs a framed Tanjore-style painting of a figure seated on a gilded throne in pink-red robes and layered garlands. Around the shrine are framed photos of a long-haired young man in orange, a trident-motif poster, a book open on a stand, a leopard-print cloth, a small brass deity murti, yellow flowers, red lotus decorations, a brass oil lamp and a garland of red and yellow marigolds. No live people are visible.