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December 15 2013

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Indoor padukapuja scene in a hotel-style lobby with glass walls and potted palms. A bare-chested man with a tiger-striped shawl over his shoulders and a red-maroon dhoti sits on a low ornate wooden stool with a leopard-print cushion beneath a tiered gold-and-orange fringed canopy. Two devotees kneel before him: a woman in an orange sari on the left holds leaves, and a man in a white shirt kneels on a white flower-petal carpet offering leaves. A woman in a white-and-blue sari and a blonde woman in white stand bowing nearby, and a shaved-headed man in orange robes with rudraksha beads stands behind. a person cues: bare chest, tiger-striped shawl and seated throne-like position with devotees offering. Gold framed panel behind the seat.2013-12-15A seated man with long dark hair and bare upper body, wearing an orange-and-black tiger-striped shawl over a rust-red dhoti and a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, sits on an ornate gold throne beneath a red-orange canopy. He extends a folded green leaf offering to a devotee in a white kurta with folded hands, bowing low. A second person in orange clothing sits behind, a plain fan stands on the floor, and banana leaves and rice lie at the foot of the throne. The shawl and throne setting are consistent with a person figure, presented as the seated teacher receiving padapuja-style reverence.2013-12-15A photograph of a padapuja-style ritual indoors. A bare-chested man with long dark hair sits on a golden throne with a red and orange canopy, wearing a striped tiger-print wrap over rust-red garments and a beaded red-brown necklace. A woman in orange on the left holds a green leaf near his feet, while a young man in white kurta-pyjama kneels and offers leaves to him. On the floor are silver trays, scattered white rice and flower petals. Behind them, a woman in orange sits with hands folded, and two women in white sit to the right near a glass partition and potted plants. a person: the seated figure has long swept-back hair, a beaded necklace and a striped wrap, and is receiving the ritual as the central honoured figure.2013-12-15May 21 20142014-05-21September 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesDecember 19 20152015-12-19February 24 20132013-02-24January 16 20162016-01-16Night outdoor photo of a padapuja-style ceremony on grass. A seated figure in a maroon-red robe with bare shoulder and a gold necklace sits on a leopard-print cushion before an ornate gold-framed backdrop, extending a hand to a kneeling man in white kurta with a red-and-white beaded necklace who holds green leaf-wrapped offerings. Behind them a white rug and a seated and standing crowd of about a dozen people in white and red lanyards watch quietly; a woman at left wears orange and holds a green-wrapped item. Appearance-based label: a person for the seated figure, whose cues are a bare-shouldered saffron-red robe and gold necklace presented as the receiver of the offering.2013-12-13November 18 20142014-11-18December 15 20132013-12-15May 17 20142014-05-17