1.   Behind a colorful curtain is a small altar with burning candles, religious icons and a Mexican flag.

2.   Inside, a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe tops a small altar, surrounded by dozens of votive candles.

3.   Ms. Wong has a small Buddhist altar in her office and has learned chants.

4.   Nearby sits a robed Buddhist monk, a small altar at his back.

5.   She knelt before a Hindu holy man in front of a small gold altar.

6.   Crosses and small altars surrounded by withered flowers line the sides of the road in remembrance of the hundreds who have died crossing it.

7.   Nearby, at a small Buddhist altar, mourners offered white chrysanthemums one by one.

8.   Someone had set up a small altar of flowers and candles on the sidewalk.

9.   Temples and shrines are crowded only on holidays, and most people practice their religion privately, burning incense or making offerings at small altars in their homes.

10.   The statues were found in a small altar in the private dwelling.