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A photograph of a padapuja or devotional offering in a plain room with patterned tiled walls. A central figure sits on a white cushion with palms pressed together in namaste, wearing an orange robe and a long white garland of flowers. Before him on a blue and yellow cloth are bowls of fruit including apples, oranges and bananas, sweets, a brass plate and small vessels. Around him, devotees sit on the floor: several in white with hands folded, a woman in a green-patterned dress, a child in a red shirt, and two young men in white with yellow shawls. A portion of the patterned fabric and a flower basket are visible in the background.

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A photograph of a padapuja in a small room with patterned wallpaper and a round wooden sun-like decoration on the wall. Before him on a blue and yellow cloth are fruit, sweets, banana leaves, brass vessels and a tray of offerings. Around him devotees in white and cream clothes sit with palms pressed together, including a man with glasses, a woman in a yellow sari with a braid, a woman in a cream sari and a child in red. A young man in white with a yellow shawl sits at the lower right with hands folded, and a child sits with a bag of fruit nearby.2009-07-25A seated puja in a small tiled room with a blue cloth on the floor. At center, a figure in orange robes with a white flower garland sits with palms pressed together in namaste, behind a pooja spread of fruit, flower garlands, brass vessels and bowls of food. A man in white kurta and dhoti pours or offers from a plate on the left, and a younger person in orange assists at the spread. Around the cloth sit about a dozen devotees in white and yellow shawls, several with folded hands, including a child in red and a girl in a light dress with a long plait. Books and flowers are stacked on a side table.2009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25Indoor padapuja gathering in a plain room with patterned tiled walls. A long-haired man in an orange-saffron robe with a white flower garland sits on a white-covered seat with palms pressed together in namaste, facing the seated group. Around him, devotees sit on a blue and yellow striped mat: an older man and woman in white clothes, a woman in white, a girl at left, and young men in white with yellow shawls, one holding a tray of pink rose petals. Fruit, apples and oranges, lie on a tray and plates near offerings, and a second person in orange sits beside him. a person is the central figure in orange robe and garland, seated in the padapuja. Ten physical people are visible.2009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25A padapuja ritual in a small room with textured wall panels. A man in an orange robe with a long white flower garland sits cross-legged on a white cushioned seat, hands pressed together in prayer, with long dark hair. Beside him a younger man in orange sits with hands folded. Around a blue cloth on the floor, devotees in white clothes, several with yellow shawls, sit facing him. A woman in white pours or offers from a silver vessel, and a child sits at the left. Offerings include bowls of fruit, apples, oranges, sweets, flowers and a silver kalasha. Books and a flower arrangement rest against the wall behind.2009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25A seated figure with long dark hair wears an orange robe, a white and garland of white flowers around the neck, and a gold-coloured necklace, with hands pressed together in namaskar. Seated before him on a blue cloth are several devotees: a woman in a white sari with a pink blouse offers something from a tray, two young women sit in front, and men in orange robes and men in white dhotis with yellow shawls sit with hands folded. The white table holds fruit including apples, oranges and bananas, bowls of prasadam, a plate of sweets, a silver kalasha and brass vessels, with pink flower petals in a bowl. The wall is patterned white tile. This appears to be a padapuja ritual in a small room.2009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25