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A photograph of a padapuja in a gold-decorated shrine room with a black stone wall and hanging brass bells and oil lamps. A seated man with long dark hair and a beard wears an orange-red robe and a pink and white flower garland, with his bare feet extended. Gold lion-form seats and a leopard-print cushion surround him, and a tiger-stripe cloth lies beneath. Kneeling devotees in white ritual dress with sandalwood tilaks and rudraksha malas offer flowers and plates of items at his feet, while a woman in a red top kneels at the lower right. An air conditioner is mounted on the wall at right. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure's long hair, orange-red robe and flower garland are the qualifying cues.

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A photograph inside an ornate golden shrine room with black stone wall panels and hanging brass oil lamps and bells. A man with long dark hair, wearing a pink-and-white flower garland and a dark red-brown robe, sits on a golden throne with lion-head armrests and a leopard-print cushion, his bare foot resting on a tiger-striped rug. Two bare-chested priests with white tilak on their foreheads and rudraksha malas kneel before brass plates holding flowers, fruit and small silver bowls, performing a padapuja. A woman in white and a young person stand at the right edge, and a golden-brown wooden door is visible on the right.2017-08-02August 02 20172017-08-02A figure in a rust-red saffron-toned dhoti stands on a leopard-print cushion before an ornate gold throne carved with lion heads and a central deity panel, wearing a golden crown and a pink-and-white flower garland. A second, bare-chested priest with a shaved head and rudraksha beads sits cross-legged on the floor. Another bare-chested man kneels and offers from silver plates on a tray, while a woman with blonde hair sits in the foreground and a woman in white sits at the right edge. Hanging brass oil lamps and bells hang from chains above, with a gold lion statue beside the throne and a wall-mounted air conditioner on the right.2017-08-02August 02 20172017-08-02August 02 20172017-08-02August 02 20172017-08-02August 02 20172017-08-02A photograph of a seated man on an ornate gold throne with carved lion heads and leopard-print upholstery, wearing a rust-orange cloth, a pink and white flower garland, and a tall ornate golden crown. Beside him, a woman in white with a black-beaded necklace, a woman in orange, and a bare-chested man in white dhoti-style cloth sit before silver plates of flowers and offerings on a low gold table. Brass oil lamps and hanging bells decorate the dark wall, and fairy lights hang at left.2017-07-26A seated man in an ornate gold throne with carved lion heads and leopard-print cushions wears a rust-red garment, a gold crown and a white forehead mark, and a long pink-and-white flower garland hangs to his feet. He rests one bare foot on a tray of flowers. Two devotees kneel at the lower right beside silver plates of offerings, flowers and small lamps; a woman in a white sari and a man in white dhoti with a sash bow with hands folded. Brass bells and oil lamps hang from above, and a wall air conditioner is visible at right. The man on the throne appears to be Swamiji (probable), identified by his crown, rust-red robe, ornate gold throne and floral garland, with the devotees at his feet making offerings.2017-07-26July 26 20172017-07-26July 26 20172017-07-26A man seated on a golden throne with lion-carved armrests and a leopard-print cushion wears a pink and white flower garland, a saffron-red cloth, and a golden crown with a white tilak, while his bare foot rests on a tray of flowers. Before him on a low golden table are three silver thalis with flowers and offerings. Three devotees sit cross-legged: a woman in white on the left, a woman in orange with rudraksha beads and a white forehead mark in the centre, and a man in white with a white shawl and folded hands. Brass oil lamps and bells hang from the ceiling above, and a dark wall with a wall-mounted air conditioner completes the scene. Whether the seated man is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2017-07-26