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A home puja altar photographed without any physical people present. Centre stands a framed print of Shiva seated on a tiger skin, with trident and blue-grey skin, wrapped in a marigold and red flower garland. To the left is a framed photograph of a smiling man in saffron-orange robes and a beaded necklace, raising one hand, labelled as a portrait of a swami; the man in the photo is shown as a depiction, not a physical person here. Right of Shiva is a framed image of a goddess with a golden crown and a blue background, also garlanded. Small clay or resin figures of seated sages in orange, a brass lamp, a dhoti-like cloth, a plate of puris, bowls of curry, marigold and frangipani flowers, and a lit oil lamp in a lotus-shaped holder cover the cloth-draped table. A tabla drum sits at the left.