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A seated man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala, wearing gold armlets, holds a silver trident-staff and sits on a wooden swing-seat draped with white cloth and garlands of pink flowers and green leaves. Devotees in white clothes and saffron-robed attendants sit on the floor before him, pouring water and offerings into a brass plate during a padapuja in a home. A framed painting of a deity hangs on the wall behind, and the floor has a yellow and orange patterned mat. Count of visible physical people is about six, including standing attendants at the doorway.

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July 07 20142014-07-07July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesA seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and a garland of white and multicolored flowers sits in a living room before devotees performing a padapuja. A young attendant in white dhoti and orange shawl holds a silver trident upright. Seated devotees include a woman in a teal sari with folded hands, a woman in orange with a long grey braid, an older man in a white striped shirt, and a woman in a green-bordered sari with white flowers in her hair. Flower petals and plates of offerings lie on a mat, and a shelf with framed pictures and a television is behind them.2014-07-08July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +2 copiesJune 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesPhotograph of a ritual puja inside a small room with pale yellow walls. A seated figure in a rust-red robe and orange sash, wearing a thick red and white flower garland, holds a tall silver trident (trishul) upright with one hand while his eyes are lowered. Around him, several men in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas sit on a dark patterned rug, handling brass lamps, trays of pink flower petals, fruit and a wooden box of offerings. A standing man in white dhoti with gold borders and rudraksha beads at left, and a figure at right tending a flower tray, complete the puja. A framed devotional picture hangs on the wall and a glass cabinet stands behind.2014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 10 20142014-07-10June 27 20142014-06-27Indoor home-visit padapuja in a living room. A seated figure in a red-and-orange dhoti with orange shawl, long dark hair, gold necklaces, rudraksha mala and a white jasmine garland holds a silver staff and has his feet washed by a kneeling man in white clothes, while a woman in white and a woman in a blue-bordered sari with folded hands look on. Four sannyasis in orange robes and rudraksha malas stand or sit nearby, one with a white forehead band. A man in orange shirt-cloth holds a camera at the top left. A brass plate holds fruit and offerings on an orange cloth. A framed family photo hangs on the wall. Seated figure appears as a person (long swept hair, gold ornaments, rudraksha mala, orange shawl, ceremonial staff).2014-06-20