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Indoor home visit during a padapuja at a devotee's house. A smiling person with long dark hair sits in a wooden chair wearing a rust-red robe and a multicolour garland of marigolds and red flowers, holding a tall silver trident (trishul) upright in one hand and a rudraksha mala draped across the chest. Gold bangles and earrings are visible. Behind and beside are a young boy in a white dhoti with a red forehead mark, a man in white, and a woman in a teal top at right. A brass kalasha, brass lamps, a tray of fruit and flowers sit on a low table. A wooden display cabinet holds framed pictures and figurines, a television and garlands are on top, and an orange cloth lies on the floor.

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July 07 20142014-07-07July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesA domestic home-shrine scene during a house visit. A seated figure on the right wears a deep red-brown robe with gold border, a multicolour flower garland, a rudraksha mala, and gold armbands, and holds a silver trident aloft. A woman in a teal sari at lower left holds a flaming camphor lamp toward the seated figure, while a man in orange clothes stands with palms joined. A boy in a striped shirt sits nearby, and another person in white ritual clothing with a rudraksha mala sits in the centre, with orange-robed attendants behind. Offerings of flowers and fruit lie on the floor, and a framed deity picture hangs in the doorway. a person is the seated figure holding the trident, with a long swept-back hairstyle, ornate gold armbands and a rudraksha-beaded garland, presiding over the aarti.2014-07-07 +1 copiesA photograph inside a home room decorated with red and orange flower garlands on the wall frame and a glass display cabinet holding small deity figurines and brass items. A seated man in a red-maroon robe and pink-orange shawl, wearing a red and yellow flower garland and gold bangles, holds a tall silver trident in his right hand while smiling and seated on a cushion. Around him, three people in orange and saffron clothing sit on the floor performing a pada puja, one pouring water or milk from a small cup, another with long dark hair attending, with a brass bowl of yellow flowers and a plate of offerings nearby. A young child in white stands at right, and a small vase of red and orange flowers sits on a side table. Robed devotees attend this house-visit ritual.2014-07-08A seated man in a rust-red and orange robe holds a tall silver trident (trishul) upright in his right hand, wearing a white and yellow-red flower garland over a brown rudraksha mala. A framed picture of a seated meditating figure hangs behind him between bamboo blinds. Yellow lilies and orange flowers stand in vases beside him, and a small brass lamp sits on a low table. Three devotees in the foreground bow or sit with heads lowered, one in white ritual clothing, and a photographer with a camera stands at the right edge. a person: the seated man has a rudraksha mala and a saffron-orange shawl, and is the apparent subject of the satsang event.2014-07-10July 03 20142014-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 08 20142014-07-08July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesA photograph inside a small room with bright red walls and green wall shelves. A seated man in a saffron-orange robe with a white flower garland and rudraksha mala holds a silver trident upright and smiles, seated on an orange-cushioned chair. A young woman in a brown vest with hands pressed together in namaskar stands at left, and a woman in a teal saree kneels in front with her head bowed. Other devotees in orange clothing stand behind. Shelves hold framed family photos, a small deity murti and a boombox. The setting appears to be a devotional gathering during a visit.2014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesJuly 08 20142014-07-08