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A photograph inside a home room with white walls and a white curtain. A man in a long-sleeved white shirt and white dhoti holds a silver-topped staff and sits on a mat, wearing a yellow-and-green flower garland, gold armbands and an orange-red robe with gold border. Before him, a man in white ritual dhoti kneels with folded hands while another in white kneels and washes his feet over a tray of flower petals, as a woman in orange sari and others with folded hands look on. A man in orange and a younger man in orange with rudraksha malas sit nearby. Fruit sits in a box at the lower right. A photographer in white shirt holds a camera at left. Padapuja-style foot worship at a house visit; the seated figure's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity.

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December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai

A photograph of a home-visit or pada pooja moment indoors. A seated figure in saffron-orange cloth with a white flower garland and long dark hair sits on a white-draped chair, extending his bare feet while a devotee kneels and bows to touch them. Two women in white and blue saris press their palms together nearby, and a man in white shirt and dark mala beads stands behind with one hand raised. A tall man in white with an orange shawl and mala stands at the back. Through a window, a crowd of onlookers is visible, with a microphone on a stand. Pink drapery hangs on the wall.

A photograph of a seated planning meeting in a plain tiled room at night. A woman in orange robes and a man in orange shawl sit on the floor with a group of men in white shirts and white dhotis, many wearing rudraksha malas. A seated man in white holds a notepad and pen, a cameraman with a shoulder camera films the group, and a woman in orange sits at left. Several standing men in white look on from the back, and an open doorway and floral curtain are visible behind them. The page identifies the setting as a planning session for Arunachala Sarvajnapeetam, but no figure is clearly marked as a person by appearance cues, so the orange-clad participants are described by role only.

A photograph of a seated group meeting in a living room with tiled floor and patterned curtains. A person in an orange-saffron robe with a beaded necklace sits on a sofa at the back, facing the group, with a small framed picture on a side table beside them. About a dozen people in white clothes sit on the floor and on chairs in the foreground, some wearing pink rosettes. A small brass pot and a green plant stand near the doorway on the left.

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A photograph of an indoor satsang in a small room with tiled floor, patterned curtains and a sofa draped with white cloth. A person in an orange-saffron robe with a gold-toned ornate garland sits elevated on a sofa, one hand raised near the chin while speaking. Around a dozen devotees in white clothes, several with orange shawls and white-and-red badges, sit cross-legged on the floor facing him. A plate of flowers and a small framed picture of a deity sit at the left and in the background.

A photograph inside a hall with white walls and a white draped ceiling valance. In the right foreground a man in a sleeveless saffron-orange robe stands with palms pressed together in anjali, eyes lowered. Behind him and to the left, a group of devotees stand with hands folded in namaskar: a man in a striped checked shirt and white dhoti, men in white kurta and off-white clothing, a man in a striped black-and-white top with a lanyard, and a man in a white kurta with an orange shawl. Orange cushions and water bottles lie on the floor, and a yellow and multicoloured hanging cloth hangs from the ceiling.