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Indoor photo of a crowd of devotees pressing around a central figure in an orange-saffron robe with a yellow and red marigold garland, the figure's hands raised in greeting. Many arms are raised toward the centre, several wearing red and gold bangles. Behind them a wall displays a framed photo collage with floral garlands, a deity image and a temple-like backdrop, with a small framed picture on the left. A paada puja-style home gathering, with people standing close together in a modest room with a white ceiling and a ceiling light.

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July 03 20142014-07-03A dense crowd of devotees surrounds a central figure in a small room with cream walls and a window at right. The central figure wears a white and yellow-orange flower garland, has long dark hair, and smiles broadly while others reach out with raised palms and extended arms. Many devotees wear white, orange and red clothing, with bangles and gold jewellery visible. On the wall behind them hangs a framed board of photographs decorated with red and orange flower garlands, including a central image of a deity murti.2014-07-03July 03 20142014-07-03A crowded indoor photo in a small room with cream walls and a wooden-framed altar wall. Above the altar hang framed prints decorated with red and white flower garlands. A central figure in a red-and-maroon garment wears a long yellow-and-white flower garland and smiles while devotees press in around him. Several people in the crowd reach forward holding red apples and bananas, and some wear white and orange clothes. The scene resembles a padapuja at a devotee's home. Among the crowd, one bald man wears white, and a man in a white shirt stands at the back. A camera operator appears at the top left. Several people visible in the crowd, with the central figure and the foreground devotees clearly counted.2014-07-03July 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesA dense crowd presses into a doorway decorated with green mango-leaf torans, marigold garlands and pink flowers. At the centre, a figure with long dark hair and an orange shawl raises both hands in greeting, wearing bangles and a flower garland; the figure's appearance is uncertain, so no specific identity is asserted. Around them, devotees in white shirts and dhotis, some with saffron-coloured scarves, reach up with raised arms and hands. Several people in the crowd hold up mobile phones, and a visible wall carries a blue banner in the corner.2014-07-03A crowded room with pale green walls and a wooden door, where devotees gather around a white-clad priest in a white dhoti and gold-bordered shawl who places his hand on the head of a saffron-clad man wearing glasses. Several monks in orange robes and rudraksha malas stand nearby. On the right, a bare-chested man with a shaved head and a white and multicoloured flower garland presses his palms together and smiles. A framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure hangs on the door at left, and a decorative hanging with bells is attached near the ceiling. Several women in saris and men in white shirts crowd the foreground.2014-06-24 +1 copiesA crowded photograph inside a small room with bright yellow walls. A central figure in a red-brown shawl over a white garment, with long swept-back hair and a white flower garland, stands with palms pressed together and smiles among devotees. Wall framed deity pictures are garlanded with white and red flowers, and a clock hangs above. On the right a shaved-headed sannyasi in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala stands beside a red wooden stand holding lamps. Devotees in white shirts and a woman in a beige sari with a braid also gather; a bald man in orange-saffron robes and mala is at lower centre.2014-07-04 +1 copiesIndoor photo of a house visit during a Tamil Nadu pada puja event. At centre, a smiling woman in a rust-red sari with a yellow beaded garland and red bindi raises her hand in blessing while people around her press close. A shaved-headed man in white with a rudraksha-style necklace and bare-chested devotees stand nearby, and a man in a red shawl holds his hands in anjali beside a garland of white and red flowers on an orange-draped table. Pale walls, barred windows and a small framed picture complete the room. Several people, including partially visible ones at the edges, are present.2014-06-23A photograph inside a pink-walled room decorated with white jasmine garlands and orange marigold flowers along the wall. A long-haired person in a saffron-orange robe and a white flower garland, with a beaded rudraksha-style necklace, is seated and being lifted and carried by a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis. Many hands reach toward them, some raised in the air, and a ceiling fan and framed pictures hang in the background.2014-07-02 +1 copiesA crowded indoor scene with devotees pressing forward in a hallway decorated with green leaf-and-flower garlands and orange cloth. A bare-chested man with long dark hair wears a white and yellow flower garland and a red-and-gold wrap, smiling and surrounded by people reaching toward him. In front, a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron robe with a white forehead mark stands among devotees in white shirts and dhotis. Several women in saris and people holding folded papers fill the frame, with a red-brick wall at the right edge.2014-07-03July 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copies