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January 25 2009

January 25 2009

A photograph of a devotional aarti at a shrine decorated with garlands of white, yellow, pink and red flowers. A framed portrait on the back wall shows a smiling man with long dark hair in orange robes and a white beaded necklace, seated before a tree trunk with one hand raised; the portrait is a depiction, not a physical person. In front, a woman in an orange sleeveless top and a white flower garland in her hair holds a flame at a brass oil lamp. To the left, a young woman in a pink dress with a pink shawl and a man in white with an orange scarf stand with hands folded. At the right edge, a person in an orange garment with a pink border is seen from behind. The floor has a yellow and white flower rangoli with a red flower.

December 02 2009

A smiling man in a sleeveless saffron-orange robe stands in a bare-walled room with a white floor, wearing a long white and green flower garland with red tassels and a red bindi. Behind him, a wooden shrine cabinet is decorated with orange and pink flowers and holds a framed portrait of a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala, seated beneath a tree, next to a brass oil lamp and flower-petal trays. To the right, a man in white dhoti and an orange shawl and a man in orange robes with a red border stand barefoot, the latter holding a small object. A framed photo of a temple gopuram is mounted above the shrine. The garlanded man has long swept-back hair, and the scene has a bare-foot devotional setting.

June 23 2014

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A photograph inside a thatched-roof hall with red drapes and white walls. A woman in an orange sari with a yellow flower garland walks barefoot toward a raised shrine. A man in an orange garment stands at the shrine and a man in white clothes stands at left. The shrine has red drapes, a marigold garland framing a framed portrait, a central figure in orange robes seated on a cushion, brass oil lamps, a small brass vessel and offering plates on a low platform. A small television sits on a stand at left.

Three men in saffron-orange robes stand in a bare, whitewashed room with a tiled floor and a barred window. The man in front, wearing an orange-red turban with a white garland and an orange sleeveless top, holds a lamp with a flame toward a shrine table. The table, draped in white with marigolds and petals, holds framed portraits decorated with pink flower garlands and a framed photo of a figure in orange headwear. Two attendants behind him in orange dhotis stand with folded cloth and a hand near the chest. The setting appears to be a ritual aarti before the framed images.

March 03 2014

A photograph inside a white-walled room at a house visit. A wall-mounted shrine with framed deity pictures is decorated with white and marigold garlands, and flowers and offerings sit at its base. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a marigold garland stands with hands folded in namaste before the shrine. In the foreground, a figure with long dark hair wears an orange robe with a pink-edged shawl and faces the shrine. On the right, an older man in white shirt and white dhoti folds his hands in prayer beside a silver tray holding a kalasha-style arrangement with flowers. a person: the central figure in saffron-orange with long swept-back hair and a marigold garland is a candidate for a person, though the cues are limited.

A photograph in a plain whitewashed room with a barred window. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand at left before a framed portrait of a smiling bearded man in white garments, garlanded with white jasmine, yellow and pink flower strands, and sitting before a red and gold draped cloth. The man at left has a shaved head, is bare-chested beneath a saffron shawl, wears a gold chain, and has his palms pressed together in namaste. The second man, also shaved-headed in orange, stands behind him with hands folded. A brass oil lamp and fresh roses sit in front of the portrait.

Three devotees in ritual dress stand before a shrine framed by a dense border of red and yellow marigolds and red roses, with white and yellow garlands hanging at the sides. At the centre, a framed portrait of a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits in a meditative pose before a tree trunk, with a pink-and-white floral garland draped across the frame. Below it, a bed of rose petals holds fruit and a small offering. A man in white dhoti and yellow shawl bends forward toward the offering, while a figure in orange robes and a red-bordered shawl leans in beside him and a third person in orange with a red-and-blue garland stands behind. Potted plants flank the shrine. The portrait is a depiction on a shrine, not a physical person.