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A devotee seen from behind performs aarti at a home shrine niche framed by yellow marigold garlands and mango leaf strings. The devotee wears a red-maroon sari with gold borders, a white and red flower garland, gold bangles and a hair ornament, holding a lit oil lamp toward framed deity prints decorated with flowers. A second person in white stands at right near a side cabinet. Framed pictures of deities are arranged on the wooden shrine wall.

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June 21 20142014-06-21A photograph taken inside a home kitchen, with a figure seen from behind in a rust-red unstitched garment wrapped over one shoulder and a band of beaded bracelet on the upper arm. The figure wears a long white flower garland with red roses and holds a lit oil lamp toward a small wooden shrine niche decorated with red roses and framed photographs. Warm lamp light glows in the niche, and a white washing machine and wall cabinets are visible in the background. A second person is partly visible at the left edge. Swamiji (probable): the figure has long dark hair pinned up, rudraksha-style beaded arm adornment and a red-orange cloth, performing a home puja at the shrine.2014-07-08A woman in a rust-red sari with a gold border and a rudraksha mala walks down a decorated entrance hallway toward the viewer, smiling. A long white and orange marigold garland hangs over her shoulders, and orange marigold strands line the floor along a woven mat. A marigold and leaf toran with a swastika motif hangs over the doorway, and a man in white dhoti and a red shawl stands at the left beside a door draped with colourful cloth. Walls are cream and peach. This appears to be a house visit ritual welcoming a guest with garlands and flowers.2014-07-08July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 08 20142014-07-08June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesJune 27 20142014-06-27June 27 20142014-06-27Inside a home shrine room, a man in a red-and-gold dhoti and a white jasmine garland, with gold armlets on his upper arm, holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) before a small wooden shrine lined with framed photographs and a brass lamp. Fruit, a tray of rose petals and a flower-decorated altar sit on the cabinet beside him. A shaven-headed young man in orange robes stands behind him, and a woman in a cream sari with a red shawl joins palms in prayer at right. A mango-leaf toran hangs above the shrine. Visible people: four, with one partially visible at the right edge. a person is not visually confirmed; the man performing the aarti is a priest-type figure with a garland and gold ornaments but his appearance is uncertain.2014-07-08 +1 copiesJune 27 20142014-06-27June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesJune 21 20142014-06-21