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A photo of a house entrance during a ritual visit. A man in an orange-saffron robe with a white shawl and folded hands (anjali) stands at a doorway decorated with a leafy garland of mango leaves and an orange cloth. A woman in a red blouse and orange-bordered sari with white flowers in her hair holds a brass plate with a mango-style offering, banana leaves and white flowers. Another woman in a maroon garment with a red flower garland stands at the doorway. A camera lens is visible at left. Plain wall, wooden door, and a framed picture above.

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A photograph of a doorway decorated with mango leaves and a row of marigold and rose garlands at a home visit. A woman in a red blouse and orange saree with a flower in her hair presses her palms together in namaste with lowered head. Beside her a man in an orange robe and white shawl with spectacles also holds his palms in anjali. In the doorway stands a smiling woman in a maroon saree wearing a long red and yellow marigold garland with a rudraksha mala and gold armlets, her hands folded. At the lower right a person bends toward oil lamps on the floor, and a framed portrait hangs on the wall inside the room, with a deity murti visible nearby.2014-07-08January 23 20102010-01-23A photograph of a doorway at an ashram-style building with orange wooden doors and a white tiled interior. Several people in orange and saffron robes stand in the entrance, with a bright outdoor courtyard beyond. A saffron-robed elder with a white garland walks in the centre, flanked by younger saffron-clad attendants, one wearing a white garland. A woman in a red and gold sari with her hair in a bun sits in the foreground, and women in white and pink saris stand with folded hands at the right. A brass pot with flowers stands at the left, and a camera operator is visible at the edge of the frame. Mango leaves are strung above the doorway.2009-06-22A photograph inside a freshly decorated room with white walls and a tiled floor, where a bald, bare-chested priest in red-and-gold dhoti and saffron-orange shawl stands at a doorway hung with orange marigold garlands, holding a bundle of pink flowers. Ahead of him a woman in a red-and-gold sari holds a flower garland. On the left, men in white kurtas and rudraksha malas stand with hands folded in namaskar, one holding a red cloth-wrapped bundle. A cameraman in white shirt films with a video camera on the left. In the foreground, a woman in a yellow sari with a long braid holds a basket of pink flowers and coconut, and another woman in a cream sari watches with folded hands. A framed deity picture hangs on the wall beside a leafy garland.2014-06-16Inside a home shrine room, a man in a red-and-gold dhoti and a white jasmine garland, with gold armlets on his upper arm, holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) before a small wooden shrine lined with framed photographs and a brass lamp. Fruit, a tray of rose petals and a flower-decorated altar sit on the cabinet beside him. A shaven-headed young man in orange robes stands behind him, and a woman in a cream sari with a red shawl joins palms in prayer at right. A mango-leaf toran hangs above the shrine. Visible people: four, with one partially visible at the right edge. a person is not visually confirmed; the man performing the aarti is a priest-type figure with a garland and gold ornaments but his appearance is uncertain.2014-07-08 +1 copiesA photograph taken through a doorway inside a wooden-walled temple space decorated with hanging mango leaves and dried corn-husk strands. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in an orange-gold dhoti and tilak sits at the lower left, holding a small handbell and lifting a camera. A woman in a maroon sari with a white jasmine garland and red flower in her hair stands in the centre, facing into the inner shrine room where a framed picture hangs. Another man in orange clothing stands within the doorway with a white sandal-paste mark on his forehead. No readable text is visible.2014-07-02 +1 copiesIndoor photograph at a house-visit darshan. A figure in ochre-red robes with a white and orange flower garland and rudraksha beads stands in a wooden doorway, smiling and placing a hand on the head of an older man in a white shirt and orange shawl who bows his head. A photographer with a camera and flash in the lower left watches. Wooden doors with hanging bells frame the scene, and a woman in a dark top is at right. A framed picture hangs at upper left. The robed figure is an appearance-based a person with rudraksha malas and a garland, so a person is set to in_person, consistent with the page.2014-07-07 +1 copiesIndoor photograph of a devotional moment in a hallway with an orange wall and a polished wooden pillar. A woman in an orange sari with a white and pink flower garland holds a lit oil lamp, its flame visible, near a dark wooden door. Beside her, a woman in a striped beige sari with a flower-decorated braid stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind them, a woman in orange and a man in a white shirt with a red beaded necklace also stand with hands joined. At the right edge, a bearded person in orange clothing is partly visible, hands in prayer. The scene resembles aarti or puja.2010-01-18 +1 copiesJuly 10 20142014-07-10A photograph inside a narrow doorway decorated with yellow and pink flower garlands. A figure in saffron-orange robes with a red garland and long dark hair stands at a small shrine, lighting or offering over a brass oil lamp (aarti) with fruit and flowers on a plate. Two devotees in the foreground press their palms together in prayer: an older man in a white shirt on the left and a person in orange clothing with a dark garland on the right. A framed picture is visible on the shrine wall, and a wooden door with carved panels stands at the right. The orange-robed figure with long hair and red garland matches the page's a person cues of long hair, saffron clothing and a garland, presented here as performing puja.2010-01-23July 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple shrine doorway decorated with marigold and mango-leaf garlands and a silver frame. A figure in orange robes with long dark hair bends toward the inner sanctum, where a gilded deity image sits in a golden niche. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands at the left, watching. At right, a woman in orange sari with a white flower garland holds a folded cloth, and a man in white dhoti with an orange border holds a silver plate. Two framed painted religious panels hang on the walls on either side of the doorway, with a silver om emblem above the door.2010-02-18