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A dim, warm-lit room viewed through a doorway. In the foreground a person with dark hair and a dark red top stands with their back to the camera, facing a shrine. Above a small wooden shelf hangs a framed print of Shiva and Parvati seated before snowy mountains, Shiva with a matted locked hair, a trident and a serpent, Parvati in a red sari and gold jewellery, both with hands raised in greeting. The shelf below holds small gold-coloured deity figures and a row of lit oil lamps, with a small bowl of flowers at the base. The scene conveys a home puja shrine during evening worship.

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A figure with long dark hair in a dark robe stands in a dim doorway, seen from behind, holding a small flame near a framed devotional picture of Shiva and Parvati with a trident and crescent-adorned Shiva, and Parvati in red and gold. Below, a shrine shelf holds lit oil lamps, flowers, and small brass deity figures, and a garlanded object sits on a plate in the foreground. A ceiling bulb casts warm orange light. The figure's face is not visible, so the appearance-based a person candidate cannot be confirmed; the role is a devotee performing a lamp offering at a home shrine.2008-04-04January 20 20142014-01-20January 20 20142014-01-20 +1 copiesA woman with a dark hair bun and a red-and-gold garland stands at a wooden home shrine cabinet with open doors, facing framed colourful deity prints decorated with white flower garlands and peacock feathers. Several small framed pictures sit on lower shelves, and an oil lamp with a white flower garland rests on the floor below. A partially visible bald man in the left foreground, with a camera-like object at the frame edge, looks toward the shrine. Pictured deities include a multi-armed figure and an elephant-headed form, a shrine-room puja scene.2014-06-22June 27 20142014-06-27A woman with a dark bun and a red-orange blouse stands at a home shrine, holding a lit oil lamp in her right hand towards framed deity prints adorned with white jasmine garlands and peacock feathers. The prints show deity murti images on a red-and-gold background. A brass oil lamp with a white flower garland sits on a white table in front of the shrine, with a small brass bowl, a small box and printed cards. A partially visible bald man in white stands at left, and a red garland with a gold necklace is draped over the woman's shoulder. Wooden cabinet doors frame the scene.2014-06-22A photograph of a small home shrine viewed through a wooden arched doorway. A sannyasi in saffron-orange robes with a long red-and-white flower garland and rudraksha mala is lighting an oil lamp at the shrine while holding a small vessel. Framed prints of deities hang on the pale yellow wall, with brass lamps and small figures on a ledge. In the foreground, two devotees in white and dark clothing stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, their backs to the camera.2010-01-23A person in a rust-red unstitched robe with a saffron-orange waist sash and a white flower garland stands in profile at left, facing a shrine niche in a dimly lit stone temple. Inside the niche, a standing deity murti with a red and gold turban, red-and-gold garments and garlands sits beside a smaller metal figure. Brass oil lamps stand on the stone ledge, and the carved temple pillars frame the scene.2014-08-05September 26 20112011-09-26A small shrine room with cream walls and a wooden cabinet. A woman in an orange sleeveless garment with a white and red flower garland performs aarti, holding a lit oil lamp toward a framed portrait and a gold deity murti with flowers. A man in a white kurta and a woman in a blue and gold sari stand behind her with palms pressed together. A white figure seated with a red flower garland, framed photos and flower offerings sit on the cabinet top. Brass lamps and plates of offerings are arranged in front of the shrine.2010-02-18A photograph inside a home shrine with a dark wooden wall panel. A figure in saffron-orange sleeveless robes wearing a long white flower garland with green leaves holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame toward a large framed picture of a golden deity murti in an arch, with a red background, garlanded with pink and white flowers. Below, smaller framed deity images are decorated with garlands, and a framed photograph in a garland sits at the lower right. To the left, another person in orange robes stands with palms pressed together in prayer near a window. Brass dishes and a small lamp rest on the stone ledge. The shrine picture is a deity murti, so the scene is a devotional lamp offering. The figure with the lamp has long dark hair, orange clothing, a white garland and a sheer orange wrap, consistent with a person presentation, while the person praying at left is a devotee.2010-02-16A photograph taken in a dim, warm-lit stone room with a whitewashed wall. On the right, a long-haired man in a red-orange cloth wrap stands with his head bowed and hands clasped at his chest, wearing rudraksha beads on his chest and arm and a white forehead mark. On the left, a shirtless man with long dark hair and an orange-brown bead necklace stands with his back to the camera, facing a small low wooden altar holding small figurines and brass deity murtis, with a hanging brass lamp above. The scene suggests private worship at a small shrine.2018-03-01