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A seated figure in orange-red robes with a long swept-back hairstyle, wearing a red and white flower garland, sits on a red-cushioned seat in a yellow-walled living room and holds a silver trident. Long wood-patterned doors and a shelf with a red-draped altar stand behind. Two young boys in orange robes and garlands kneel beside him, a woman in white and a man in red kneel by a brass tray, and a woman in a red sari with folded hands stands by a man in red shirt and white dhoti. Another older woman sits at the lower right. A cameraman in orange stands in the background. This is a house-visit padapuja scene, with a tray of offerings and a brass vessel in the foreground. a person is seated with a trident, long hair and orange-red robes, with the caveat that his face is not used.

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July 07 20142014-07-07July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesA padapuja at a home interior. A seated man in red-orange robes, with a swept-back hairstyle, rudraksha-style white and red floral garlands, gold bangles and an armband, holds a tall silver trident-staff with a small disc and a bright yellow wall behind him. Two young boys in saffron garments and garlands sit near him. A woman in a white sari with a garland kneels, while a man in red attire bows and washes her feet from a silver vessel. An older woman in a red sari presses her palms together, and a man in a red shirt and white dhoti stands with arms folded beside a wooden cabinet decorated with red garlands. A photographer in orange robes stands behind, and a fruit-laden table sits in the background.2014-07-07 +1 copiesA household padapuja in a yellow-walled living room. A man with long dark hair, orange-red robes, bare shoulders, rudraksha-like beads and a red-and-white flower garland sits on an orange-cushioned seat holding a silver staff with a ceremonial finial; a pale orange cloth lies beside him. Before him a devotee in red clothing bends low, while a woman in white pours water from a vessel over a brass plate, and orange-robed boys in garlands stand nearby. On the right an older woman in a red sari presses her palms together, and an older man in red top and white dhoti stands with arms folded. Floral garlands drape the wall shrine, and a man in orange photographs the scene. Seated women and a man in white sit on red floral rugs; a white-clothed table holds fruit.2014-07-07 +1 copiesJune 21 20142014-06-21 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJune 23 20142014-06-23 +1 copiesIndoor home visit with a red-walled room and a wooden carved panel on the wall. Before him, two shaved-headed priests in white and maroon dhotis with orange shawls perform a padapuja, one holding a silver plate. A man in white with a flower garland and a young girl in white with flowers kneel on the floor, and a woman in white kneels offering a red fruit. Another man bows low on the floor over scattered petals. Standing onlookers in orange robes and black clothing watch from the back, with a woman in green near them. Red apples are held by several participants.2014-06-20 +1 copiesA photo inside a home room with a wall clock, ceiling fan and swing hung with flower garlands. A man in a rust-red dhoti and shawl with a yellow-orange garland stands centre, his hand extended toward a woman in a pink-and-cream sari who kneels and bows forward on a patterned rug. Beside her a man in white dhoti and a man in white garment with a red-tipped shawl and rudraksha malas stand, with two more men in orange and rust garments on the left. Two women in white salwar stand on the right near a window with maroon curtains. Brass plates of offerings and a small bowl sit on the rug in the foreground.2014-06-27A seated man with swept-back dark hair, bare-chested under a rust-orange and gold dhoti-style cloth, sits on an orange cushioned seat with raised hands in anjali and a tall silver staff beside him. He wears a white jasmine garland, a red flower garland, a gold-toned ceremonial necklace and beaded bangles. In front of him, a man in white dhoti and shirt and a woman in a white sari with red border hold a lit oil lamp, a tray of flower petals sits nearby, and a shaven-headed young man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala offers a tray. Several saffron-robed young men stand or sit behind, and a camera is visible at lower left. Oil lamp and petal offerings suggest a pada puja.2014-06-22July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copies