Every household kept his statuette in the family shrine.

It is incorrect to assume that the Chinese only burn incense in the home before the family shrine.

It is believed that the spirits of the dead return to earth for three days and visit the family shrines or graves.

These were wax casts kept in a lararium, the family shrine.

After witnessing the struggle, they flee and hide in a family shrine.

Most households have family shrines through which the spirits of the ancestors can be consulted.

They are believed to have been family shrines rather than communal burial places.

Prayer is achieved through puja (worship) done either at the family shrine or a local temple.

The temple is the family shrine (kuldaiwat) for a large number of Marathi families.

I'd spent the last few hours at our family shrine at Rock Ridge.