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A photograph inside a home room decorated with white jasmine garlands and a silver trident leaning against the window. A seated figure in orange robes with white garlands sits on an orange-draped couch in front of tall windows with multicolored hanging strands. Two young monastics in orange robes and garlands sit on a mat near a small brass vessel and offering, one smiling toward the camera. A woman in a white sari with gold border and a man in white shirt stand at the left, a man in white kurta stands at the right near the doorway, and petals are scattered on the floor.

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July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesA padapuja ritual in a plain room with a barred window and orange sofa draped in orange cloth. A man with long swept-back hair, an orange-red garland and orange-red robe, with wrists adorned with gold bangles, sits on the sofa as devotees wash or honour his bare feet on a floral-patterned cloth. Kneeling devotees in orange and white clothing and a woman in red attend the ritual. A standing man in white dhoti with gold border wears rudraksha mala and wears a red garland. A silver trident stands upright beside the sofa, and a metal tray holds fruit and flowers. A woman in pink sari sits at the left edge with hands folded.2014-07-08A photograph of a padapuja house visit in a living room with yellow walls, beige curtains and a cream sofa. Several monastic devotees in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas sit on a red patterned rug. A man in a white shirt and white trousers, with a red-and-white beaded mala, kneels and bends forward while a saffron-robed devotee pours or offers liquid from a small vessel. A young boy in orange with a flower garland sits nearby. A woman in a white sari with hands folded in namaste kneels on the left, while a woman in a green salwar and a man and youth stand behind near the window. A silver staff with a ornamented top and a brass plate of fruit and offerings sit on the floor.2014-07-07A photograph inside a small room with cream walls and curtains tied back, a framed deity picture with a garland hanging on the back wall. A seated man with long dark hair, wearing a deep red-orange cloth and a flower garland with a rudraksha mala, sits on an orange-draped couch while a silver trident leans beside him. Around him, saffron-robed attendants stand and kneel; one standing man in orange holds a camera, another kneels in front of a tray with an oil lamp, and a man in white sits near a grey-haired person in orange who holds a puja vessel. A woman in a red-maroon sari with a white flower in her hair kneels nearby, and two people in the lower right are seen from behind. The scene is a pada puja style household visit with offering trays and flowers on the floor. Swamiji (probable): the seated man with long hair, flower garland and rudraksha mala, receiving puja.2014-07-08Indoor ritual in a plain room with a tiled floor, an oscillating fan, and a framed deity picture above a window with beige curtains. A seated figure in an orange-red robe with a gold border and a white flower garland sits centrally, holding a tall silver trident-like staff upright while raising one hand in blessing. Around them, shaven-headed young men in orange and red dhotis wear rudraksha malas and stand or kneel, some with hands joined. A woman in a red sari and a man in a yellow checked shirt kneel in front holding a brass tray with flowers and a burning oil lamp, while a man in a white dhoti with an orange-beaded mala stands at right with palms pressed together. Two women in dark red saris stand at left with hands folded.2013-06-23 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copies