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A photo inside a covered, yellow-railed pavement shelter where a man in a rust-red robe with long dark hair stands on a stone platform while a kneeling attendant in orange robes bends to his feet, with a brass tray of marigold flowers and petals at the base. Around them, several people in white dhotis with gold borders stand with hands folded or touching, including a woman in a white sari with a red-bordered blouse and a bindi. A young attendant on the right, bare-chested with rudraksha malas and a rust-coloured tassel, holds a pair of sandals. The setting is an open outdoor walkway with a corrugated metal roof and a yellow-and-white sign on the wall. The scene shows padapuja-style foot veneration in a devotional procession setting.

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Outdoors under a corrugated metal shelter with yellow-painted railings, a man with long dark hair and a beard sits on a concrete ledge in a rust-orange robe, smiling and raising one hand in greeting. His bare feet rest on a red pot decorated with pink and yellow flower petals. A devotee in a white dhoti and shirt kneels beside him with palms pressed together in namaskar, and another man in a white shirt stands behind them. At left, a younger man with curly hair wears an orange shirt with a flower garland and sits on the ledge. On the right, a shirtless man with long dreadlocks and a rudraksha mala wears a white dhoti with gold border and holds sandals, smiling. Several onlookers stand in the background, some holding phones. The seated robed man has long hair and a sannyasi appearance, though the identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2018-01-04January 04 20182018-01-04January 04 20182018-01-04Photograph of a ritual scene under a corrugated metal shelter with yellow railings. A man in a rust-red robe with long dark hair sits on a stone ledge while a devotee in a saffron-orange top with flower garland bends forward and touches his feet; a girl in orange sits beside. Petals and flowers lie on the ground in front. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha beads stands at right holding sandals and gesturing. Other devotees in white and blue clothing stand behind, some with folded hands and a tray of offerings. A padapuja-style feet-worship scene. The man in rust robes has long hair and a shawl, a distinctive cue for the event's honoured guru, so the appearance label is probable Swamiji (probable), seated in person.2018-01-04A photograph of a ritual padapuja in a covered, yellow-railed area with a corrugated roof. A man in a rust-red robe with long dreadlocks and a tilak stands on a stone step while a man in white dhoti kneels and offers flowers and water at his feet, which rest on a red cloth with pink and yellow garlands. Around them, a man in an orange top kneels with a hand on the railing, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha malas holds sandals, and several devotees in white clothes stand nearby, some with orange garments. The man in the rust-red robe is a candidate for a person, based on long hair, saffron-toned robe, and rudraksha malas, shown as a devotee receiving the puja.2018-01-04Photograph of a devotional gathering in a covered, yellow-railed enclosure with a corrugated roof. A bearded man in a rust-red saffron cloth and rudraksha mala stands centre, hands on hips, with long hair falling down his back; the figure's appearance is consistent with the page's a person reference, but his face is not used for identification and the cues are only partly distinctive. Beside him a woman in a red-orange garment and rudraksha mala kneels near a brass pot of pink and yellow flower petals. A man in an orange-saffron top and white dhoti bends over the pot at lower left. Others in white dhotis and white shirts stand around, including a woman in a green saree and a man at right holding a pair of wooden sandals, wearing a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala with an orange tassel.2018-01-04January 04 20182018-01-04January 04 20182018-01-04January 04 20182018-01-04January 04 20182018-01-04A photograph of devotees gathered inside a yellow-railed covered shelter around a central figure in a rust-red robe standing barefoot on a stone platform with a red cushion and pink flower offering. Several men in white dhotis and shirts, one with a shaved head in white, press palms together or look on. A young man at left in orange robes and a flower garland sits near the railing, and a man in orange with glasses kneels beside a rudraksha mala. At right, a shirtless man in a white and gold-bordered dhoti and layered rudraksha malas holds a pair of sandals. The central figure raises a hand in greeting, and the sturdy shelter frames the scene with a metal roof and peeling wall posters behind.2018-01-04February 13 20132013-02-13