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A small tiled room with a shrine on a white table holding oil lamps, a brass kalasha vessel, marigold garlands and a small brass bell. A woman in a maroon sari and maroon turban, wearing white and red-green flower garlands and gold bangles, stands at left with her hands over a lamp in a padapuja-style offering. A shaved-headed man in white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala stands at right, facing the shrine. Two framed pictures hang on the tiled wall, one showing a seated figure in orange and red clothing; the printed content is not legible enough to read. Ceiling light and a pink wall lamp light the scene.

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July 03 20142014-07-03July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01July 03 20142014-07-03A 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.2014-06-20A photograph of a home shrine in a small room with a dark stone-patterned wall and an orange accent wall. A grey stone altar with striped black-and-grey columns and a small arched canopy holds a framed picture of a deity, garlanded with white jasmine and red and yellow flowers, plus a brass vessel, a small deity murti and a plate of petals. A man in a reddish-orange turban, white jasmine garland, red flower garland and rudraksha-style red beaded bracelets stands at right holding a brass lamp with a flame, performing aarti. Behind him a shaven-headed young man in orange robes stands with palms joined in namaste. Printed text on the bottom right reads a pedia.org, which is not included in the text list2014-07-01July 03 20142014-07-03A photograph inside a small domestic room with white walls and an orange lower wall band. A man in a rust-red turban wrapped with a gold ornament, red-brown robe and a long rudraksha mala with a red-and-white flower garland smiles as he walks forward. Behind him, two young men in white dhoti-style clothing, one with bare chest and beaded mala, stand near a window. On the left, a small shrine table holds lit oil lamps, flowers and a framed image, with a tall striped pillar nearby. a person is identified by the layered appearance cues of the turban, mala and garland, shown as the central smiling figure.2014-07-01A man in a rust-red turban stands at the left edge in profile, wearing a long white and orange flower garland over a reddish-brown garment, with a beaded bracelet on his upper arm. Before him is a small home shrine set into a white tiled wall, with brass oil lamps burning, flower-draped altar items, a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" and a leaf-patterned print above. Peacock feathers hang on the right, marking a padapuja devotional setting in a home.2014-07-03Two men in saffron-orange dhotis stand before a shrine niche with a gold-framed deity murti, flowers and oil lamps. The man on the left is bare-chested with white tripundra ash on his forehead, a rudraksha mala and a white and red flower garland, and a bangled wrist; the man on the right wears a saffron shawl, a flower garland and a flower crown and bows toward the altar. A third person in orange stands at the left edge. Lamps glow along the arch and a gold kalasha sits on the altar. a person is identifiable by bare-chested presence, rudraksha mala and garland cues, but the figure is uncertain.2012-04-29A photograph of a small home shrine room with pale pink walls and a barred window with pink flowers outside. A woman in a maroon and gold-bordered sari with a white jasmine garland and rudraksha beads stands at left, holding a lit oil lamp toward a low wooden shelf. Behind her, a person with a shaved head in saffron-toned clothing holds a small brass item. The shelf holds framed deity pictures, a small white figurine, flowers and a brass plate. A hand folded in namaskar appears at the left edge. Two people are visible.2014-06-20June 23 20142014-06-23 +1 copies