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A seated figure in orange robes and a white flower garland sits with palms pressed together in namaste on a white-draped seat against a tiled wall, with a maroon and gold cloth behind. Around him on a blue mat, people in orange, white and yellow clothing perform a pada puja: one man in orange offers items with his hands, a woman in orange and white attends, and a young man in white with a yellow shawl kneels nearby. Brass lamps, bowls of fruit including apples, oranges and bananas, sweets, a bell and offering trays are arranged on a white cloth. A young woman in a pink top sits at the left edge, and a bag of flowers and fruit lies at the right. The seated figure's appearance matches a person with long hair and orange robes, seated in a central place of honour during the pada puja.

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A seated man in an orange robe with a white floral garland and long hair sits on a raised white-covered seat with a maroon cloth, hands pressed together in namaste. In front of him on a blue cloth, a woman in an orange sari and a woman in pink and white sit beside offerings of fruit, sweets, a plate of rice and a brass lamp, while a devotee in orange sits to the right and men in white with yellow shawls hold brass vessels. The scene resembles a padapuja or ritual veneration in a plain tiled room.2009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25A seated figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe and a white flower garland, sits with palms pressed together in namaskar before a small altar with fruit, sweets, brass bowls and oil lamps on a white cloth. Around the blue mat, devotees sit: a woman in an orange sari, a man in white with a yellow shawl, a woman in a pink top with polka dots, and a woman in orange robes beside the altar. Plain tiled walls, a brown bag and a box are in the room, and an offering of fruit sits in a basket on the floor. The scene reads as a padapuja ritual with offerings, though this is an informal domestic-style room.2009-07-25A seated man in an orange robe with a white flower garland sits on a white cushioned seat with purple-and-gold cloth, hands folded in namaskar, in a tiled room. Around a blue mat, devotees sit in prayer: a woman in a pink salwar kameez with a pink-and-white dupatta on the left, a woman in orange with white dhoti-style clothing and a man in white beside her, and on the right two men in white with yellow shawls and another in orange with folded hands. Before them lie a brass plate of fruit including bananas, apples and oranges, bowls of sweets, a bundle of cloth-wrapped offerings, steel lamps and vessels, typical of a padapuja offering.2009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25A photograph of a padapuja ritual in a plain room with patterned wall tiles. A seated figure in an orange robe and a long white-and-orange flower garland, hands pressed together in namaste, sits on a white-draped seat with a gold-bordered maroon cloth. A woman in a white sari kneels on a blue mat, holding a lit oil lamp near a plate of fruit, rice, sweets and a yellow tray. Beside him an attendant in an orange robe sits, and two men in white with yellow shawls kneel with folded hands. An older woman in a cream sari with purple border sits on a chair at the left, palms together. Fruit, bananas, brass vessels and rose petals fill the foreground.2009-07-25A seated guru figure in orange robes with a white garland and rudraksha-style beads sits on a white cushion with palms pressed together in namaste, receiving a padapuja. A woman in a white sari with a pink blouse holds a lit oil lamp near his feet while a seated devotee in orange and a young man in white with a yellow shawl hold their hands together. A woman in a mustard sari and glasses at left also has palms joined, and two young women in white and teal sit on a blue mat. A blue mat holds fruit, sweets, a bowl of flower petals, a tray of mangoes and a small cardboard box. The room has a sun-shaped wall decoration and white walls.2009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25