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A small blue-walled room with an orange cloth-draped seat in the foreground. A person seated on the orange couch wears a red-orange garment, white and yellow marigold garlands, bangles and a rudraksha-style mala, holding a tall silver trident. Beside him, a monk in orange robes with a rudraksha mala holds a camera, while a second monk in orange, wearing a yellow-and-white garland, bends over brass plates of offerings and oil lamps. A woman in a white sari with a pink blouse kneels and pours or arranges something from a plate. Shelves hold framed portraits and photographs, and a deity image is decorated with garlands. A seated person at the lower right is partially visible. Scene resembles a padapuja ritual at a devotee's house.

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A seated figure in dark red-brown robes, wearing a multicolour marigold and rose garland, holds a tall silver staff topped with a trident-like finial while a devotee in white sari washes his bare feet from a brass plate. Behind, two monks in orange robes and rudraksha malas sit near a camera, and a third, shaved-headed monk wears a yellow-and-white garland. An orange-draped couch, a framed portrait garlanded with flowers, and brass lamps and offerings complete the scene. Feet pada puja ritual in a home room with blue walls.2014-06-26June 26 20142014-06-26July 03 20142014-07-03July 10 20142014-07-10July 10 20142014-07-10A photograph inside a plain pink-walled room during a Tamil Nadu house visit. A seated figure on an orange-draped couch, bare-shouldered in an orange-red cloth, wears a thick garland of yellow, red and white flowers and holds up a silver trident (trishul) with a small silver kalasha-like vessel. Two young men in orange robes and rudraksha malas sit on the floor; one sits near a low table with fruit, a plate and a brass lamp, and the other, shaved-headed, is seated at right with bangles. A woman in white sits low near a small mat with offerings, and a man in white stands at the doorway. A television sits in the upper left corner. The scene reads as a puja-like ritual with a trident offering.2014-06-27June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesJuly 08 20142014-07-08 +1 copiesA photograph of a padapuja at a devotee's house. A central figure seated on a chair holds a silver trident aloft; he wears a red-brown robe with a white flower garland and gold bangles. Around him, several young men in saffron and orange robes sit or stand on a white floor strewn with petals; one in a white dhoti and orange shawl holds a tray of offerings, another in a white dhoti sits in front, and one kneeling man in an orange robe with rudraksha malas handles brass vessels and a lamp. A man in orange stands at left holding a camera. Orange curtains are draped behind, decorated with a marigold garland, with a framed picture on the wall and a brass lamp at left. Visible people: six.2014-07-07 +1 copiesJune 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJune 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copies