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Indoor shrine corner with a framed portrait of a man in orange clothing and a rudraksha mala, seated outdoors before a tree, garlanded with white and red flowers and set on a yellow draped table scattered with red petals. Beside it, a shelf holds deity murtis, a black elephant figure, brass trophies and a small lamp. Two priests perform aarti with oil lamps: the one at centre has a shaved head, white tilak, rudraksha malas and a bare upper body; the one at right wears a red-brown dhoti-style cloth and a large white and red flower garland, holding a lamp and a bell-like vessel. A yellow-and-dark cloth sits below with a small lit lamp on the floor.

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June 23 20142014-06-23June 23 20142014-06-23June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesA home shrine corner with a yellow-painted wooden shelf draped in white jasmine garlands and marigold petals. On the shelf sit small brass deity figures, a brass lamp, framed photographs and a silver trident-like ritual object at left. A large framed portrait on the lower left, labelled as a photo of Paramahamsa Nithyananda, shows a saffron-robed man, with flowers around it. Two men stand before the shelf: a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and a white flower garland performs an aarti, holding a brass lamp with a flame; a second man with long hair in a bun, wearing a pink-red shawl and red flower garland, stands with hands folded, eyes lowered. A table fan sits between them.2014-06-26Two people in saffron-orange robes perform a lamp ritual in a small home shrine alcove painted yellow. A bald man in orange with a white flower garland stands in the centre-left, while a person with hair tied up, wearing a rust-brown shawl and bare shoulders, holds a silver aarti plate with a lit flame. Above the shelf, framed pictures show footprint artwork and a portrait, with white flower garlands draped around them. Below, a framed portrait of a man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits in front of a flower garland, beside a brass oil lamp. A silver trident hangs on the left wall and a small electric fan stands nearby.2014-06-26June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesA photograph of a small home shrine room with a woman in a white flower garland and orange-and-gold sari, wearing gold bangles and armlet, lighting a camphor flame on a brass plate of white flowers. Beside her a man in an orange dhoti, with a white tripundra on his forehead and a dark beaded mala, holds a small lamp or incense. The shelf and wall behind them hold framed deity pictures, a gold-framed deity image with a flower garland, and a brass lamp. The room is plain and whitewashed.2014-06-20June 26 20142014-06-26June 23 20142014-06-23 +1 copiesA woman in a maroon sari with a white jasmine and red flower garland and gold bangles stands at a wall shrine in a pink-walled room, lighting or tending an oil lamp flame at the shrine's edge. The shrine niche holds framed deity pictures, small figures and marigold garlands. Beside her, a man in white clothes presses his palms together in namaskar, and a woman in an orange shawl and white sari with a rudraksha mala also has her hands folded. A yellow and purple draped cloth and marigold garlands decorate the wall at left, and a clock and a framed painting hang above.2014-06-26A photograph inside a home shrine room with white walls and a white arched niche decorated with green mango-leaf festoons. A woman in an orange sari wears a white and red flower garland and holds her hands over a flame, while a young man in orange robes holds a lit lamp toward the shrine. A bald man in orange sits in the foreground near a brass tray of pink flowers and fruit. Framed deity pictures hang on the niche, including a Venkateswara-style image with a gold frame and flower garlands, and a painted child deity on a side wall scroll. A glass display cabinet holds brass and steel vessels, and fruit and offerings sit on a table at left. A man with folded hands stands at the right edge.2010-01-10A 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 copies