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Photo of a pada puja ritual in a hall with cinder-block walls and large windows. A bald priest in orange-saffron robes and a rudraksha mala sits at right, wearing a rust-red turban and a garland of yellow and red flowers, holding a trident-topped staff. Before him, a woman in a purple blouse and white sari holds a lit oil lamp over a tray of flowers, while other women in white saris and gold jewellery and men in white shirts kneel and fold their hands. Standing priests in saffron robes and a seated crowd of onlookers fill the background.

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A photograph of a pada puja at a devotee's house, with a seated crowd in a bare concrete room under a window. In the foreground, two men in white shirts and white trousers kneel over a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, handling a red-cloth offering. Beside them, women in white saris with gold jewellery kneel with hands near the lamp. Behind, several saffron-robed monks wear rudraksha malas and stand with palms pressed together, and a figure in a red turban holds a trident-topped staff at the right edge, garlanded with yellow and white flowers. A white-shirted man with folded palms stands behind the group. No clearly identifiable a person is visible; the figures are priests and devotees.2014-06-26June 26 20142014-06-26A pada puja at a devotee's house: a seated figure in a red-orange turban, orange-red robe, and a yellow, white and red flower garland holds a long silver staff-like ritual implement upright while receiving devotees. Before them, a man in white shirt and dhoti and a younger man in white holding flower petals and garlands, plus a woman in a purple sari bowing and offering flowers at their feet. Behind them stand saffron- and maroon-robed sannyasis wearing rudraksha malas, a bald man in white, and onlookers seated on the floor under a window with a standing fan. The setting is a plain concrete-walled room.2014-06-26July 01 20142014-07-01A photograph of a padapuja ritual in a plain room with cinder-block walls and a red floor. A seated man in a red-maroon robe and turban on the right, garlanded in yellow, orange and red flowers, holds a long ceremonial staff upright. Devotees in white shirts kneel and bow with hands together over a brass plate heaped with rose petals and marigolds. Other sannyasis in orange and maroon robes with rudraksha malas stand behind, and a woman in a yellow-bordered white sari and a woman in purple sit in the foreground. A white pedestal fan stands in the background. Eleven or so people are visible.2014-06-26June 26 20142014-06-26July 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesJuly 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesJuly 01 20142014-07-01June 27 20142014-06-27June 26 20142014-06-26July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copies