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A home darshan puja in a living room with cream walls, a tiled fireplace on the left and orange-and-tan curtains. A priest in white dhoti and bare upper body, wearing a rudraksha mala, offers flowers at a gold arch containing a deity murti draped in orange and garlanded with flowers. Devotees sit on mats and a rug: a man in white with a shawl, a woman in a green sari, a man in a pink shirt, and children, with a fruit and oil-lamp puja thali in front. A framed portrait with a flower garland on the right shows a seated figure in orange robes beneath a tree. Roughly ten people are visible.

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April 28 20082008-04-28April 28 20082008-04-28April 28 20082008-04-28April 28 20082008-04-28A photograph of a home puja room with orange curtains and a gold-framed shrine. At centre, a deity murti draped in orange silk is garlanded with red and white flowers, set within a gold arched frame. To its right, a framed portrait of a saffron-robed sage with a rudraksha mala sits beneath a flower garland, with a lamp in front. On the floor, a low table holds fruit, bananas, flowers, a brass plate and lit oil lamps. Seated before it are a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala, a second man in white, a woman with long dark hair in a green sari and several other seated devotees, one on the right in a white shirt with a moustache. The scene reads as a darshan or puja.2008-04-28April 28 20082008-04-28Indoor home shrine in a bright room with orange curtains and large windows. A golden arched frame holds a deity murti draped in orange cloth and a red-and-pink flower garland. To its right, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" shows a seated figure in orange with a bead necklace, wreathed in yellow and pink flowers. In front, a priest in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged behind a brass tray of oil lamps, bananas, fruit and offerings. A man in a white robe at left presses his palms together. Seated devotees, including children in red and brown, watch the puja; fresh flowers and bowls surround the altar.2008-04-28A home darshan in a living room with orange curtains and a tiled fireplace. A seated man in white ritual clothes and a rudraksha mala sits on a low cushioned seat before an orange-draped altar with a deity murti garlanded in red and white flowers, with a gold arched frame behind it. Beside the altar a framed photograph of a robed figure is garlanded with yellow and orange flowers and lit by small oil lamps. Devotees in white and green sit on the floor in front, with offerings of fruit, flowers and brass dishes laid out. A bald man in white with tilak sits near the fireplace, and a red-haired man and a woman in green sit to the side.2008-04-28A home darshan gathering in a living room with orange and gold curtains and a tiled fireplace. A central seated figure in white dhoti and shawl, with rudraksha mala, sits on a chair behind a low altar decorated with a floral garland, orange cloth and a framed portrait wearing a flower garland. Devotees sit on the floor in front, including a woman in a green saree, a man in white, and several children and adults in casual clothes. Fruit, a bowl, brass vessels and a kalasha sit on the floor mat, with a drum in the foreground.2008-04-28April 28 20082008-04-28A living room home darshan in a residential room with a flat-screen TV on a stand and a fireplace with beige tile surround. Two men sit in front of an altar with hands folded in anjali, one in a white dhoti with a bare chest and red-orange shawl, the other in white dhoti and white top with a rudraksha mala. A woman in a dark green sari sits at left with hands folded. Several people sit on the floor in front of a low table with bananas, fruit, bowls and plates of offerings. The altar on the right holds a deity murti draped with a red and gold cloth and a garland of red and white flowers, with orange and gold drapes and a gilt arched frame behind it. Curtains in orange and brown hang at the windows.2008-04-28A living room puja in a home setting with cream walls, a flat-screen TV on a stand, and orange curtains. A man in white dhoti and shawl with rudraksha mala sits on a cushioned chair at right, hands joined, beside a deity murti draped in orange and purple cloth with a floral garland and a kalasha-like offering. Seated on the floor, a bearded man in white with a saffron shawl and a woman in a green sari join palms, while two young men in white sit near the TV. Plates of bananas, fruit, bowls and brass vessels are arranged on mats. Onlookers sit in the foreground, including a child in a red shirt. The scene reads as a home darshan or puja.2008-04-28