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A man in a rust-red dhoti-style garment with a gold-bordered yellow waistband stands in a home shrine room, reaching toward a lit oil lamp on a wooden shelf. He wears a red flower garland, a gold armlet and bangles, and his long hair is swept back. The shelf is hung with small brass bells and decorated with yellow marigold garlands and green leaves. A framed deity print and a small figurine sit nearby on a white-cloth table, with a lace-covered table and a wall fan in the background. The scene shows a pada puja style home visit, with the man appearing to light the shrine lamp.

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July 08 20142014-07-08July 08 20142014-07-08July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a devotee standing with her back to the camera in a small shrine room with red brick walls, lighting a lamp held in her raised right hand. She wears an orange-red garment draped over her shoulder with a gold-bordered end, a white and orange flower garland at her neck, and gold bangles. The shrine above holds a framed image of a deity in an ornate gold frame, draped with flower garlands. Below, a framed portrait of a saffron-robed man, garlanded with orange and yellow flowers, stands above a shelf with brass lamps, a bell hanging on the right, and floral decorations. The visible person is a single devotee performing aarti at the shrine.2014-07-07 +1 copiesJune 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesA photograph taken inside a home kitchen, with a figure seen from behind in a rust-red unstitched garment wrapped over one shoulder and a band of beaded bracelet on the upper arm. The figure wears a long white flower garland with red roses and holds a lit oil lamp toward a small wooden shrine niche decorated with red roses and framed photographs. Warm lamp light glows in the niche, and a white washing machine and wall cabinets are visible in the background. A second person is partly visible at the left edge. Swamiji (probable): the figure has long dark hair pinned up, rudraksha-style beaded arm adornment and a red-orange cloth, performing a home puja at the shrine.2014-07-08June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07A photograph of a home shrine cabinet decorated with red and white flower garlands. A man in a rust-red dhoti with a gold-edged band and a red-orange upper cloth, wearing gold bangles and a rudraksha mala with flower garlands, lights a lamp inside the glass-fronted cabinet while smiling. Behind him, a second person in an orange-saffron robe with a flower garland stands by a white-covered table. Inside the shrine are brass lamps, a small framed picture and a red flower garland on a tray.2014-07-07 +1 copiesA smiling person in a maroon-red sleeveless garment with an orange-gold waist cloth and gold armlet stands in a home shrine room, lighting an oil lamp with a long taper. Strands of white and red flower garlands hang on a wooden cabinet with glass doors holding small brass objects and a framed picture. A second person in orange clothes with a white garland stands in the background, and the wall shows a window and doorway in a domestic interior.2014-07-07Photo 11688050July 07 20142014-07-07 +2 copies