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A photograph of a small tiled room with a blue cloth spread on the floor, where a seated figure in orange robes with long dark hair and a red tilak on the forehead sits with hands folded in prayer. A woman in a cream sari sits on the left holding a lit oil lamp toward him, while two men in orange and white/yellow clothes sit on the right with hands joined. Before them are fruit, bananas, bowls of food, sweets, flowers and a tray of offerings, with a silver vessel and water bottles nearby. This appears to be a pada puja offering scene.

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July 25 20092009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25A photograph of a padapuja ritual in a tiled room. A central figure in an orange robe with a long white flower garland sits with palms joined in namaskar, appearing to be a candidate for a person, seated on a raised white cloth. Nearby, a man in orange offers a flame to a brass lamp on a blue mat, while a woman in orange and cream sari holds a small offering. Seated devotees in orange, white and yellow shawls surround the puja. Fruit, sweets, flowers and a plantain-leaf offering arranged on the mat, with a fruit basket wrapped in orange ribbon in the foreground.2009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25A seated man with long dark hair, hands pressed together in namaskar, wears an orange robe with a white flower garland and a second white-and-orange garland around his neck, sitting on a white cloth-covered seat in a tiled room. In front of him, a woman in a cream sari with a pale shawl holds a lit oil lamp or aarti flame over a blue mat laden with fruit, sweets, steel bowls, silver plates, and a basket of oranges, which suggests puja offerings. Four men sit on the blue mat: one in white on the left with hands folded, two in orange robes on the right, and two in white with yellow vests in the lower right foreground, all with hands pressed together. a person cues: the seated central figure has long swept-back hair, an orange robe and flower garlands, and is receiving devotional offerings.2009-07-25A photograph of a padapuja ritual in a plain room with patterned wall paper. A figure in orange robes and a white garland sits on a white-draped seat with hands pressed together in prayer, a person in orange wrap behind him. Seated on a blue and yellow mat in front, women in white and teal and a woman in white sari with pink blouse hold their hands in anjali. Men in white dhotis with yellow shawls kneel with folded hands. Before them lie brass plates of fruit, sweets, flowers, small oil lamps and a bowl, with a tray of mangoes and oranges and a cardboard box. Some people sit in orange garments in the background.2009-07-25A photograph inside a plain white-walled room with yellow-and-green checked curtains over two windows. A man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha-style garland sits cross-legged on a white-draped sofa with palms pressed together in prayer, a flame lamp before him. A woman in a green sari bends to offer a lit lamp while an older woman in white stands with palms joined. Men and young people in white dhotis and orange shawls sit around a white cloth spread with plates of sweets, fruit, bananas, nuts and bowls, performing a pada puja-style offering. Seated older people in blue plastic chairs at left join in prayer.2009-08-11July 25 20092009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25July 11 20092009-07-11A seated figure in orange robes sits with palms pressed together in a white-walled room with a brown leather sofa draped in white cloth. A woman in a white sari with a coloured border holds a lit oil lamp toward him while a man in white shirt and trousers holds a small bell beside her. On the floor in front of the seated figure lies a white cloth set with a silver plate, flowers, a bowl of pink petals, yellow and red offerings, silver vessels and a small kalasha, indicating a padapuja-style ritual. Another person in orange sits at the lower right with hands joined. A wooden tray of orange compartments sits on a side table at right.2009-07-11