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A photograph of a home shrine with a man seen from behind in the foreground, bare-shouldered and wearing a white flower garland, holding a brass oil lamp with a lit flame toward the altar. The altar wall displays framed deity prints, several draped with white jasmine garlands and red flower accents. A large framed portrait at centre shows a seated figure in orange clothing with a rudraksha mala, also garlanded, with a small lamp flame in front of it. A carved wooden door frame stands at right and a bright ceiling light glows above.

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June 27 20142014-06-27A photograph of a shrine niche inside a small room. In the foreground a person with black hair, wearing a white and green-leaf garland of white jasmine and red flowers over bare shoulders, faces the shrine. The shrine holds a framed portrait of a smiling man in saffron-orange robes wearing a rudraksha-style bead necklace, garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers. Banana or mango leaves hang above the frame, and an oil lamp with a lit flame sits at lower right beside brass puja vessels and a small lamp. White cloth drapes frame the niche and a few smaller framed pictures surround it.2014-07-04 +1 copiesA man seen from behind, bare-shouldered and wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder, with a garland of white jasmine and red roses around his neck and across his back. He holds a lit oil lamp flame in a small shrine niche decorated with framed pictures of deities, brass lamps and a kalasha-like offering on a shelf. Above, strands of white flower garlands hang along a pink wall. Another person stands partly visible at the right edge. Festoons of flowers and a colourful painted frame surround the shrine.2014-07-02 +1 copiesA woman in a sleeveless orange top with long dark hair stands with her back to the camera in a small shrine room with white marble walls. She lifts a lit oil lamp or wick toward a shrine wall decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands and a white flower garland draped over her shoulders. Brass oil lamps and offering plates sit on a wooden ledge at the lower right, with a small framed picture and a brass plate nearby. Another person's head is visible at the bottom edge.2010-02-15A devotee in a white garland and bare upper body performs aarti with a lit oil lamp at a home shrine built into a pale marble wall. The shrine holds a framed portrait of a man in orange robes and a rudraksha-style necklace, draped with white jasmine garlands and red flowers. Brass lamps, a silver plate with kumkum and offerings, and a small golden deity murti sit on the shelf. The devotee wears a red-and-gold bangle and a dhoti, and the setting is a private padapuja home visit.2014-07-07 +1 copiesA photograph inside a small shrine room where a devotee in a maroon garment with a white and green flower garland stands with their back to the camera, facing a framed portrait garlanded with white flowers and leaves. The portrait shows a man with long dark hair in orange clothing and a beaded necklace, presented as a shrine image. Brass lamps, a lit oil lamp, plates of red flowers and kumkum, and offerings sit on a white-draped altar below. A white cloth hangs on the right, and a ceiling fan is at the upper left.2014-07-04 +1 copiesA photograph inside a shrine room with dark wood paneling. A woman seen from behind, with long dark hair and a red-brown garment with an orange border, holds a lit oil lamp aloft with her raised arm, wearing gold bangles and a red-and-white flower garland. Shrine altars behind her are decorated with white and red flower garlands and hold framed deity images, a golden deity murti and small brass oil lamps. On the right a man in a white shirt and gold watch stands with hands folded, and at lower right a girl in white with flowers in her hair is seated. Another man, partly visible at the far left, is bald. Reading as a puja with aarti.2014-06-21July 03 20142014-07-03July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 10 20142014-07-10