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July 25 2005

July 25 2005

A photograph of a padapuja ritual in a plain room with pink walls. A man with long hair, wearing a red top and orange shawl and garlanded with white and red flowers and a bunch of grapes, sits on a white-covered bed with hands folded and eyes closed. A devotee in orange robes kneels before him holding a brass plate. A woman in a white sari with a gold border kneels on the floor pouring water from a brass vessel over a steel plate of flowers and feet. Brass oil lamps, flowers and a kumkum tray are on the floor. Other people in white and yellow clothes, including a man in a white t-shirt and jeans, watch with hands folded.

October 14 2004

A seated figure in orange saffron robes with long swept-back dark hair and a gold necklace sits in a wooden armchair with hands pressed in anjali, while a man in white dhoti and shirt pours water from a small silver vessel over his feet in a copper tray during a padapuja ritual. A woman in a gold sari kneels beside him and other women in saffron, yellow, green and blue saris sit on the floor watching. A silver puja set with flowers, small brass pots and cups sits on a white cloth in front, and a red mat lies under the tray. Wooden cabinets and a framed mirror line the room.

July 25 2009

A seated figure in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back dark hair and a red bindi sits on an orange upholstered armchair with his palms pressed together, his bare feet being washed in a silver tray. Kneeling devotees in white clothes with yellow shawls and beaded necklaces perform the pada puja, one holding a small ritual vessel and incense sticks. Fruit, flowers and a red-trimmed box sit beside the chair, and a green mat covers the floor. A wall fan is visible behind them.

October 12 2006

July 04 2014

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Indoor photograph in a wood-panelled room with a wooden cabinet and a mirror on the left. A man with long dark swept-back hair, wearing an orange saffron robe and a long ceremonial gold-coloured necklace, sits in a wooden armchair with a white cloth draped over it, hands resting on the armrests, while a plate of white flowers and rose petals lies on the floor before his bare feet. Seated on the floor nearby, a woman in a gold sari with a red blouse folds her hands in namaskar, and a man in white clothes sits beside her. Other women in yellow, blue and pink saris sit or stand behind them, and a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala kneels at lower right. A yellow-and-white decorated item sits at the left edge. Probable Swamiji in an orange robe with long hair and a gold necklace, seated in a chair as devotees offer padapuja.

Outdoor photograph of a ritual under a large banyan tree. A figure seated on a low platform wears a saffron-orange robe, long dark hair, white markings on the upper arms and a rudraksha mala, holding a brass bell and a flaming lamp. Behind them a row of standing devotees in white dhotis and shirts press their palms together, and younger girls and a boy in colourful clothes look on. Brass pots, a plate of fruit and flowers, and a bowl of bananas sit on a mat in front, next to a large black-and-white patterned snake-like ritual object. a person: the seated saffron-robed figure with long hair and rudraksha mala is the main presider of the puja.

July 01 2007