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Year 1997 His Divine Holiness At Age 19Year 1997 His Divine Holiness At Age 191997 - Photographs from Trip to Tiruvannamalai Organized by SPHVintage colour photograph of a shaven-headed young man in saffron-orange robes seated in a wooden cane-backed armchair, head bowed as a woman in a red and multicoloured sari kneels at his feet, with a flower visible near her hair. A second saffron-robed monk stands behind on the right, smiling and touching his chin, and a white-clad man sits at the far left edge. Pale blue wall and a white panel fill the background. The ritual appears to be padapuja, the washing of feet, though the exact act is not fully visible.Old color photograph of a room with pale turquoise walls and a red floor. Several men in peach or cream ochre robes sit on metal-framed chairs with their eyes closed. Their feet are bare and being washed by a woman in a red blouse and patterned sari who kneels with her head bowed beside a white bucket striped with red. Another man in the center presses his palms together in namaskar. Two young men in white clothing sit on a bench in the background, and a small radio sits on a shelf. The scene depicts a paada puja, a ritual washing of the feet of the seated men.July 27 20102010-07-27 +1 copies2004-SPH-JGM-Vijaya-Yatra-To-Malaysia-And-Singapore +1 copiesA photograph of a seated figure in an orange-saffron robe with long dark hair receiving padapuja: a devotee in a white top and white trousers kneels on a white cloth on the floor and bows with forehead touching the bare foot of the seated figure. The seated person rests one hand on the devotee's head, smiling, in a wooden chair with a white-draped table beside them holding a plate of fruit, a small glass and a phone. Behind is a blank white easel board and a light stand. Two people are visible.2007-07-02August 13 20082008-08-13A photograph of an indoor initiation or convention setting with dark curtains and a white stand behind. In the foreground a man in a white shirt kneels and bows his head toward a seated figure at right, whose lap is covered with a red and white striped cloth. The seated figure wears an orange-saffron robe and an orange turban, and is garlanded with yellow and red flowers, smiling. Behind the kneeling man, a woman in a white sari with a red blouse stands with her hands together and smiles. At left, two women in yellow and pale blue saris sit and stand, one with hands clasped. Five people are visible in total.2004-07-26 +1 copiesMay 03 20082008-05-03A photograph of a paada pooja in a domestic room with turquoise walls and a carved wooden screen. A man in a white shirt and light trousers kneels and washes the bare feet of a seated figure in a saffron-orange robe and saffron turban, with a garland of white flowers and orange marigolds around the neck. The seated figure has hands pressed together in namaskar and a rudraksha mala. Beside them a bearded man in saffron robe and white dhoti holds a small metal bowl, a man in a maroon shirt and white dhoti stands behind, and a woman in a pink sari with a pink-and-white shawl stands at left with hands folded. A brass oil lamp and a metal plate sit on a red floral rug in the foreground.