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A small home shrine lit with blue fairy lights and an illuminated oil lamp on a table of deity figurines and printed devotional cards. Large black-and-white photographs on the back wall show two seated figures; the left one wears a light shawl and the right one wears a rudraksha mala and a patterned saffron-and-black robe with a tall decorated headpiece. A wall-mounted clock and a printed landscape picture are at right, beside a figure in saffron robes. Offerings of fruit, sweets, green leaves and a plate of food are laid on a cloth in the foreground. Printed portraits and statues are shown; no living people are visible.

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Indoor shrine table in a room with pale green walls and wooden cabinets, set up for a celebration. Two large printed portraits hang on the wall: one shows a man in a white shawl seated, another shows a smiling figure in red and white ritual clothing with a garland; a third portrait shows a woman with a decorated headpiece and multi-strand garland. Blue fairy lights frame the shrine. A small golden pagoda-style canopy stands at left. The table holds offering trays with green leaves, fruit, sweets and marigold petals, an oil lamp burning, small brass and clay idols, and a kalasha-like vessel. At right a seated figure in orange robes sits on the floor beside a stack of books. No people are clearly standing in the room apart from the seated figure, and the portraits are printed images.2021-01-07KAILASA BAUDHA, NEPAL on 11/29/20202020-11-29KAILASA BAUDHA, NEPAL on 11/29/20202020-11-29A dimly lit room with green walls and blue fairy lights hangs over an altar laden with offerings for a puja. In the centre, a framed portrait of a smiling man in a red turban and a garland of white flowers stands behind a small figure draped in a cream shawl with grey trim, set on a black leopard-print cloth. Above, a framed photo shows a man with a red turban and a second man beside him. A pink, sequinned deity murti with orange marigold garlands stands at the left, and a small mirror or gold-framed picture sits among brass items. On the cream cloth-covered table, bowls hold bananas, oranges, apples, fried snacks, beans, green leaves, sweets and a brass plate with black sandals decorated with a marigold, offered as annadan-style food. Several people are partially visible at the right edge, with hands folded in greeting. Four people appear to be present.2021-01-07A decorated shrine table in a temple room with a yellow tablecloth and a leopard-print cloth holding brass and silver plates of fruit, sweets, flowers and small lamps. Central framed painting shows Lord Shiva in blue-grey with a trident, a marigold garland draped over the frame. Framed portraits on the wall include a smiling man in a red turban, red robes and a beaded necklace, and a man in orange robes with a white garland raising a hand. A large green gourd and pink flowers sit on the offering table, with a red folded cloth and a brass lamp at the right. Multicolour fairy lights glow beside the shrine. No physical people are present.2022-04-02 +1 copiesKAILASA BAUDHA, NEPAL on 1/7/20212021-01-07KAILASA SAN FERNANDO, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO on 12/2/20202020-12-02 +1 copiesA photograph of a home shrine set up on glass-topped tables against a pale wall. Two large life-size printed cutouts stand at left, each showing a smiling figure in saffron-red robes, rudraksha malas and marigold garlands, one wearing a red turban and the other a red cap. A framed painting above the shrine depicts a seated figure in pink robes on an ornate throne. The central tabletop holds a framed image of Shiva with a trident and crescent, marigold garlands, brass deity murtis, lamps, flowers, kumkum and offerings. Other framed portraits of a figure in saffron robes and a multi-deity painting sit to the right, with a red-cloth-covered item on a side table. Brass figures in garlands stand on the floor at lower left. No physical people are visible.2020-11-28 +1 copiesA home shrine set up on a glass-topped metal table against a pale yellow wall. Two life-size cutout figures of a seated smiling man in saffron-red robes and red turban, each wearing marigold and red flower garlands and gold ornaments, stand at the left and center; they are printed cutouts, not physical people. Framed portraits and paintings include a large framed painting of a seated figure in red and orange above the table, a framed depiction of Shiva with a crescent moon, and smaller framed photographs. Offerings include lotus flowers, blue flowers, brass oil lamps, small brass bowls, a brass pot, and deity figurines with flower garlands, plus a rolled red cloth on the right. A wall phone is visible at the upper left.2020-12-01 +1 copiesHome shrine altar photographed indoors against a pale wall. Central framed print of Shiva shows a blue-skinned deity with crescent moon, trident symbol and matted hair, draped with a red and yellow marigold garland. Beside it a framed portrait shows a smiling man in orange robes with a long beaded necklace, one hand raised, also garlanded in orange and red flowers. Left edge shows a partial figure in orange and red with turban-like headwear. Foreground holds small brass figurines, blue and white flowers, lotus blossoms, a small kalasha-like vessel, brass lamp, and bowls of sweets. No people are physically present in the scene.2021-07-03 +1 copiesA home shrine photographed indoors against a pale wall. A framed painting high on the left shows a seated saffron-robed guru in a red turban with a gold-trimmed backdrop, labelled on the page as Swamiji. A living person wearing a red-orange turban, saffron robe and rudraksha malas with marigold garlands stands at the left edge of the shrine, smiling. Central framed picture of Shiva in meditation with trident and crescent, garlanded with red and yellow flowers. Other framed images show a deity with a crown and garland, and a framed portrait of a saffron-clad figure with raised hand. Brass figures, oil lamps with flames, kalasha-style vessels, yellow and blue flowers and white blossoms are arranged on a dark glass table, consistent with a daily puja offering.2021-04-08 +1 copiesKAILASA SAN FERNANDO, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO on 8/30/20212021-08-30 +1 copies