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July 05 20172017-07-05February 01 20152015-02-01A photograph of a padapuja-style ritual in a bright room. A figure in saffron-orange robes with a long gold-and-silver necklace sits on an ornate golden throne draped with a striped tiger-skin cloth, the feet visible on a golden footstool. Seated before the throne is a gold-decorated low table holding silver puja plates with flower petals, vermilion, and offerings. A woman in white with a rudraksha-style mala holds a lit oil lamp. Beside her, a woman in pink and white garments and a young girl in orange hold lamps and join hands. A woman in a cream-and-maroon sari with a gold necklace holds a lamp, and at the bottom a man in white with a rudraksha mala and a shaved-headed man in orange cloth hold lamps and offerings in the foreground. a person is seated on the throne in saffron robes with a gold necklace and the long-haired appearance of the page's subject; his face is not visible in this frame.2013-03-21February 24 20132013-02-24August 13 20132013-08-13December 05 20112011-12-05March 18 20172017-03-18A padapuja ritual where a bare foot resting on a gold tray decorated with yellow and red flower petals is being honoured. A white garland of jasmine and pink flowers drapes the leg of the seated figure in orange-red garments. A woman in a white sari with glasses and a thin white border, wearing a rudraksha mala, bends forward pouring liquid from a small silver cup over silver plates of offerings. To the right, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and shawl with a white border holds a brass bowl and pours, with a rudraksha mala around his neck. Silver trays hold flowers, fruit and kumkum, and a brass oil lamp burns in the background beside a gold deity murti.2017-07-26A photograph of a seated figure on an ornate gold throne with orange cushions, wearing a red-orange turban, a red-orange dhoti-style garment with a gold border, and a long garland of marigolds and beads. Several devotees in white and red clothing sit on the floor in front of silver plates holding flowers and oil lamps, raising small brass lamps in aarti. Brass hanging lamps and bells hang in the background against a dark wall. Probable Swamiji (probable) appears in the throne-seated figure, based on the turban, saffron-orange garments and ceremonial garland. Ritual lamp offering in progress.2014-10-27 +1 copiesA golden throne draped with a tiger-striped cloth dominates the left side, where a seated figure in orange-brown robes with a gold-bordered sash and a red-and-white flower garland is partly visible, feet resting on the platform. In front, a round golden tray holds many silver bowls of fruit, flowers and sweets with red blossoms. Around it sit several women in orange and saffron clothing with rudraksha malas; one man in a white kurta and glasses sits near the centre, and a woman in white with beads sits behind him. The setting is a dark room with a carved wooden door on the right.2013-08-19February 01 20152015-02-01A photograph of a ritual offering scene with a seated figure in a maroon and orange-gold garment on the left, whose lower body and hands are visible while the face is cropped out. Several participants in white and cream clothing and a woman with short light hair in a gold-trimmed top reach toward gold-rimmed silver plates and bowls filled with white flowers, yellow marigolds, red petals and leaves. A gold-patterned throne or seat surrounds the group.2015-03-11