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A young boy with a shaved head and white sacred ash marks on his forehead sits cross-legged with eyes closed in meditation during a temple pada puja. He wears an orange saffron cloth with magenta trim and a rudraksha mala. Behind him, other boys in orange and maroon robes sit with eyes closed, and a bearded man in an orange cloth with a beaded necklace sits among them. In front are brass plates, a brass tumbler, a small bowl with a pink flower, and a tray of beads and petals. A brass lamp stands at the left edge. Several other seated devotees are visible in the hall.

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Photograph of a pada puja ceremony in a temple hall. A young boy in the foreground sits cross-legged with eyes closed, hands resting open, wearing an orange saffron robe with magenta trim, rudraksha mala and a red bindi, his forehead marked with white paste. Brass vessels, a brass plate and a small silver bowl with flower petals and rice sit on the floor before him. Beside and behind him, several other boys and a man in orange robes sit in meditation with white forehead marks, and more people in maroon robes sit further back.2013-04-05 +1 copiesApril 05 20132013-04-05 +1 copiesApril 05 20132013-04-05 +1 copiesApril 12 20132013-04-12Indoor ritual scene with several young sannyasi-style boys seated on the floor in saffron-orange robes with red-maroon borders. The foreground boy at left, with a shaved head, white sacred ash band across the forehead and a red bindi, holds his cupped hands near a small brass vessel while the older boy at right, also in orange with a dark rudraksha mala, guides his hands. Behind them other boys in maroon and orange sit in meditative posture. Brass pots, a small lamp, a silver cup and flower petals sit on a cloth in front. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2013-04-10April 18 20142014-04-18May 11 20132013-05-11April 10 20132013-04-10 +1 copiesClose photograph of a shaven-headed young boy in orange robes with a red-and-maroon border, a red bindi and white forehead marks, seated at a puja with brass vessels and lit oil lamps in the foreground. He reaches toward an offering tray with one hand while an older male devotee beside him sits with palms pressed together in prayer, wearing orange robes and a wristwatch. Several other orange-robed devotees sit blurred in the background. Rudraksha malas hang on both figures.2013-04-10A young boy with a shaved head and white vertical tilak with a red dot sits cross-legged in an orange saffron robe, cupping his hands with a red and green flower garland in front of a low altar. Brass lamps and a lit oil lamp stand on the table beside a folded white paper. Other saffron-robed people with white forehead marks sit blurred behind him under a hall with a colorful tassel pillar. A rudraksha pendant hangs on a black cord around his neck. The scene is a puja or ritual prayer. a person candidate not identifiable from appearance.2013-05-04March 06 20132013-03-06December 09 20132013-12-09