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Interior photo of a plain pink-washed room with a barred window. Through the window, a group of people in orange and white garments peer in from outside, some holding cameras. A hanging oil lamp hangs by the window. In the foreground, a tall brown trident (trishul) draped with yellow marigold and red flower garlands stands beside a linga-shaped stone base decorated with red and orange flowers. A metal stand sits beneath the window.

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Photograph of a small whitewashed room with a grey-tiled lower wall and a barred window. In the right foreground a standing figure with long dark hair wears a white jasmine garland with a green band and an orange saffron cloth draped over the shoulders and body. Lower left, a man in a white shirt crouches or bends toward the wall, and a woman in a dark blue top with her hair tied back bends forward in the centre. On the wall ledge below sit a trident-like metal emblem with red flowers and a small brass kalasha or pot with red flower offerings. Another orange-clad person is partly visible at the far right edge. The scene suggests a devotional moment at a small shrine corner.2011-05-23September 24 20122012-09-24July 08 20142014-07-08A photograph of a small white-walled shrine room during a puja. A man in a long-sleeved white dress stands at the centre-right, wearing a heavy garland of red, yellow and white flowers over saffron-orange robes, holding a lit flame and a brass bell and performing an aarti. Behind him, saffron-robed sannyasis and white-clad devotees stand with palms pressed together, and a young boy in a checked shirt holds a flame. At the left, a deity murti draped in orange cloth with flower garlands sits beside brass lamps, a kalasha and offering plates. A wooden door and iron-grilled windows frame the room, and an orange flag hangs on the right. a person: the garlanded man in orange and gold garments performing the aarti.2012-01-02Indoor photograph of a final ceremony in a small room with pale pink walls and a bed against the left wall. A man in an orange robe on the left lifts a multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with several lit flames toward a seated figure. That seated figure wears an orange robe, a beaded garland and long dark hair, and sits on the bed with hands together. Two seated men in orange robes sit on the floor in front, and devotees in white clothes stand and sit behind them. At the right, a covered body rests on a low table draped with flower garlands, while people with cameras and folded hands watch. A framed picture hangs on the wall and brass offering vessels sit on the floor. The scene shows aarti being performed beside the covered body during rites.2005-11-13Indoor photo in a small room with pale yellow walls and a barred window. In the foreground, a man in white seen from behind holds a flame lamp toward a small shrine decorated with red flowers and a deity murti. A man with long dark hair, wearing a white flower garland and an orange cloth draped over his bare upper body, smiles while looking down at the lamp. To the right, a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and gold wristwatch stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. The scene suggests an aarti being performed.2011-05-23A photograph of a room with cream walls, wooden blinds and a framed picture of a seated deity above a small altar. A central figure in orange robes with a red-and-white flower garland sits holding a trident (trishula) upright, while devotees kneel around a low rug. A kneeling woman in pink and orange sari and a white-robed man bend forward, and young saffron-robed sadhus sit nearby. Brass bowls, flowers and a woven tray of items lie on the green mat. A woman in a pink sari stands at left and a man in a light blue shirt stands at right, watching.2014-07-10A small home shrine room with cream walls, a barred window and a wooden cabinet decorated with marigold and white flower garlands, framed photos and a coconut. A woman in an orange sari with a white flower garland lights a small oil lamp held in her hand. Beside her, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha-style bead necklace stands with palms pressed together in prayer. On the left, a woman in a white sari with gold border holds a brass tray of flowers and a decorated offering basket with banana leaves. A man in a light shirt on the right also folds his hands in prayer. A brass oil lamp stands on the floor beside a kolam design.2010-02-15A blurred indoor photograph of a room with a yellowed wall and two windows with grilles. In the centre, a white-draped table holds a framed picture and a lit oil lamp. Several women stand facing it with their backs to the camera: a woman in an orange-saffron garment with long dark hair in the foreground, a woman in a blue blouse and patterned sari with a low bun, and a woman with grey-streaked hair in a white top. A person in yellow stands at the right edge. Their attention is directed toward the table and the framed picture.2012-01-07June 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copiesFebruary 12 20062006-02-12A shrine room inside a temple sanctum with a doorway framing the scene. A priest in an orange-red garment with a gold-bordered shawl, wearing gold necklaces and a head ornament, lifts a lit oil lamp toward a decorated shrine. Pink flower garlands hang around the arched niche and a deity murti is partly hidden within the garlands. Brass vessels and offerings sit on a stone altar, with flower petals scattered on the floor. A man in white dhoti and shawl on the right holds a metal vessel. Another figure in orange stands at the left edge, and an older person in white is partly visible behind the altar. Small lamps glow along the walls.2012-06-04