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A photograph of a home shrine on a wall shelf with framed devotional prints of deities, including a central trident-bearing figure, a multi-armed goddess and a pair of deity figures, with red flower garlands beneath. In the foreground a person with long wavy black hair in a sleeveless red top and orange wrap holds a silver oil lamp with a flame toward the shrine. To the right an older woman in a gold-bordered sari with gold bangles stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Two people are visible.

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A man with long, swept-back black hair wears a sleeveless red top and orange cloth wrapped at the waist, holding a silver lamp with a lit flame on a shelf of framed deity pictures. Above a grilled cabinet, framed prints of Hindu deities, including a multi-armed goddess and a figure with a crown, are decorated with red and white flowers. A woman in a cream sari with a magenta border and gold bangles stands at right with her palms pressed together in namaskar. A partial figure in white is visible at the left edge. This appears to be a home puja or aarti at a shrine shelf.2008-10-15Photograph of four people standing before a shrine wall in a green-painted room under a fluorescent tube light. Framed colour prints of deities, including a multi-armed goddess and a deity with an ornate tiruchi-style frame, hang above a metal grille and a small offering shelf with red flowers. On the left, a man in a white shirt stands with his back to the camera. Beside him, a young woman in an orange-red garment reaches toward the grille. In the centre, a man in a white dhoti and orange shawl stands facing the shrine. On the far right, a woman in a golden sari with a red border folds her hands in namaskaram. Four people visible.2008-10-15A home shrine room decorated with string lights. A figure in an orange-brown dhoti-style garment with a bare upper back, holding a lit oil lamp on a plate toward a silver shrine cabinet, performs puja. Beside them a woman in a white and gold-bordered sari with a hair ornament stands facing the shrine. The shrine holds a framed photograph of a person in orange robes with a crown-like headdress, and framed deity pictures line the walls, along with a small orange-clad doll and a tissue box on a low table.2008-05-11A small home shrine on a white wall, lit by an oil lamp. A person in an orange sleeveless top with a white jasmine garland raises a brass lamp with a flame toward the shelves of framed deity pictures. Two women stand behind him with hands folded in prayer, one in a dark outfit with gold earrings and a gold necklace, the other with dark hair seen from behind. Another man stands behind the lamp bearer, partly hidden. Framed pictures of deities and a painting of a deity scene hang on the wall, with red flower petals placed on the frames and small figurines on a ledge.2010-01-10A standing figure in an orange sleeveless garment and a white flower garland lights an oil lamp at a home shrine in front of a wall of framed deity prints. The framed prints show Venkateswara, Lakshmi and other deities, each adorned with white flower garlands, and a small framed portrait sits in front of the shelf. A second person in orange clothing kneels at the lower left beside a plate of bananas and fruit. Brass lamps and pink petals rest on a marble-topped table below the frames. Copyright text is overlaid at the lower right.2010-02-17A home shrine filled with framed deity pictures, silver-framed murtis and gold figurines, decorated with yellow flowers. A person with long dark hair, wearing an orange sleeveless top and a white and red flower garland, holds a lit oil lamp toward a central black-faced deity murti adorned with orange and gold garments and yellow garlands. In the lower right, a man with his back to the camera sits with his hands pressed together in prayer. Framed pictures on the walls include an old black-and-white photograph of a couple and a colourful painted goddess image. The person with the lamp has distinctive long hair and orange clothing, but appearance alone does not establish identity, so the identity is marked unsure.2010-01-10January 02 20082008-01-02A home shrine with framed deity prints of Ganesha and a goddess decorated with white and yellow flower garlands and red roses. A person in an orange sleeveless robe with a long yellow-and-white flower garland stands with back to camera, holding a lit oil lamp before the altar. Beside them a man in white shirt and glasses stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Brass bells hang from the ceiling, a brass plate of grains and flower petals sits on the ledge, and a pink garment is in the right foreground.2010-02-17A home puja room with framed deity pictures on the walls, string lights, and a carved silver-toned shrine cabinet on the right. A barefoot figure in orange and red-bordered dhoti-style cloth stands at centre, facing the shrine and holding a brass plate with a lit oil lamp. Three women stand nearby: two on the left in orange saris with red borders, one with palms joined in prayer, and a woman on the right in a cream and gold sari with a gold border, plus a partly visible person at the far right. A small figure in orange and red cloth sits on the shrine table near a tissue box, and framed pictures hang on the walls, including a framed photograph of a man in orange and a child-like figure above the shrine. Dresser drawers and a folded towel are visible at left.2008-05-11A home shrine room with framed deity prints on the wall, each garlanded with marigold and rose chains. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a long multicoloured flower garland holds a lit oil lamp in one hand and a brass bell in the other, performing aarti before the shrine. Beside him, an older man in white shirt and trousers stands with palms pressed together in prayer. In the foreground at left, a person in orange clothing with dark hair faces the shrine. On the shrine table are a brass lamp, a brass kalasha-style vessel, a small brass deity figure decorated with red and pink flowers, and a framed picture garlanded with white flowers.2010-02-17July 10 20092009-07-10A 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.2014-06-21