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A home shrine room with a dark wooden cabinet decorated with white and red flower garlands. Inside, several framed deity pictures and small murti are adorned with flowers, with brass kalasha-style finials on top. Three people stand at the shrine: a figure in a maroon-red robe with gold border and a red flower garland, seen from behind with hair in a bun; a shaved-headed figure in a red-and-gold robe bending low at the left edge; and a man in a white shirt standing at right with a short beard, looking down at the altar. A brass plate with offerings sits on the shelf.

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June 21 20142014-06-21 +1 copiesJune 21 20142014-06-21 +1 copiesA woman in a red and gold sari, with a garland of red flowers in her hair, performs aarti with a flaming oil lamp before a home shrine decorated with garlands and pink flowers. Framed deity images and a portrait of a man in saffron robes with a garland sit on the altar. Two men in white dhotis and shirts stand at right, one with a tilak on his forehead and hands folded in namaskar, the other with palms pressed together. The altar is lit by the lamp and surrounded by flower garlands.2014-06-21A figure in an orange sleeveless garment with long dark hair and a yellow-orange flower garland around the neck stands with back to the camera, holding a brass bell and facing a carved wooden shrine. The shrine holds framed religious pictures, garlands of white flowers, brass lamps and a small murti on a flower-decorated altar. To the right, an older man in a white shirt and glasses stands with palms pressed together in namaste, and a small child in the lower right watches. A hand is raised in the left foreground. Strands of white jasmine garlands hang across the shrine.2010-02-17June 21 20142014-06-21June 21 20142014-06-21A home shrine viewed through a doorway, with a woman in an orange-and-red sleeveless top and orange skirt standing at its entrance, her long dark hair decorated with white flowers. Inside the shrine, a framed portrait of a saffron-robed sannyasi sits among white and red flower garlands, above shelves holding painted deity images and brass vessels. Three devotees on the right stand with palms pressed together in prayer: an elderly man with white hair and moustache in a white shirt, another older man, and a woman with a gold bangle. Garlands of white and red flowers hang beside the doorway.2009-08-11July 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesA small home shrine room with white walls and a wooden cabinet holding a brass-framed deity murti and small brass idols on wall shelves. A bare-shouldered figure in a red-orange dhoti with a pale cream head wrap and a garland stands at the shrine, reaching toward a brass idol with a small lamp in hand. A second person in an orange robe with rudraksha beads stands in the doorway on the right. A man in a white shirt with bird print watches from the left foreground. Brass oil lamps and a floral garland sit nearby.2014-07-10June 23 20142014-06-23 +1 copiesA photograph inside a white-walled room at a house visit. A wall-mounted shrine with framed deity pictures is decorated with white and marigold garlands, and flowers and offerings sit at its base. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a marigold garland stands with hands folded in namaste before the shrine. In the foreground, a figure with long dark hair wears an orange robe with a pink-edged shawl and faces the shrine. On the right, an older man in white shirt and white dhoti folds his hands in prayer beside a silver tray holding a kalasha-style arrangement with flowers. a person: the central figure in saffron-orange with long swept-back hair and a marigold garland is a candidate for a person, though the cues are limited.2010-02-17