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A photograph of a devotional gathering in a decorated room with draped cloths in teal, orange, red and purple, and marigold garlands. A man in a white shirt and a woman in a purple gold-bordered sari stand at center receiving fruit. A figure with long swept-back hair, a white tilak, jasmine garlands and a rudraksha mala sits in front, holding a dish of apples and bananas. A man in white photographs the scene with a camera. Several shaved-headed sannyasis in saffron and white dhotis stand behind with folded hands. Devotees in saffron and white garments watch. Gold-framed portraits and bells are on the right wall. The scene suggests a pada puja offering of fruit.

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June 21 20142014-06-21 +1 copiesJune 21 20142014-06-21 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual inside a room decorated with draped saris in teal, pink, purple and green and strings of white jasmine garlands. A woman in a maroon sari with a white flower garland, seen from behind, offers apples to a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and an orange-brown shawl with rudraksha malas. Several other men in white dhotis, a man in white kurta holding a red garland, and women in saris, including one in purple with gold border, watch or hold apples. A cameraman in white stands at top left. Two other shaved-headed men in white are visible behind, and the scene appears to be a pada puja style ritual with fruit offerings.2014-06-21 +2 copiesJune 21 20142014-06-21 +2 copiesJune 21 20142014-06-21A small room with cream tiled walls and a red door where a shaved-headed sannyasi in saffron robes and rudraksha mala is seated on an orange cloth at right, a fresh garland of red, yellow and white flowers around his neck, while a man in a white shirt bends forward and a second orange-clad sannyasi stands behind him. Before them a crowd of devotees gathers: a woman in an orange blouse and white flower-decorated hair kneels in front, a woman in a teal sari presses her palms together, and a man in a red shirt joins hands. A wooden box holds rows of red apples, and a child is held nearby. A television sits in the background. The scene looks like a devotee house visit with offerings of fruit and garlands.2014-06-27July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJune 21 20142014-06-21 +1 copiesA photograph of an indoor gathering in a room with cream walls, a purple accent wall and an arched alcove, with a framed photo on the wall and a bouquet of white and yellow flowers at right. A seated figure at right wears saffron robes and a long rudraksha mala, smiling while extending a hand toward a group. Devotees crowd around; in the foreground a man with a flower garland of red, yellow and white blooms and a woman in a yellow-and-white sari hold apples and bow their heads toward the seated figure. Standing behind them are a girl in a yellow top, a woman in a white sari, a man in a striped shirt, a cameraman in an orange dhoti holding a camera with flash, and a young man in a white shirt and dhoti holding an apple. a person is the seated figure in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala. Several people are visible.2014-07-04 +2 copiesA photograph of devotees gathered in a small green-walled room during a temple visit. In the foreground, a bare-chested young sannyasi in an orange-red cloth and rudraksha mala holds a wooden tray of fruit and offerings, while a woman in a purple sari and another in a white sari reach toward him. An elderly woman with white hair wears a white sari and a garland of white and red flowers and holds a red fruit. Behind them, a man in a saffron-orange dhoti holds a camera, and another young sannyasi in orange with a mala stands near the doorway. Several other women in white and cream saris, one in red, and a man with a shaved head in orange and a mala are crowded nearby. No clearly identifiable a person figure is evident in the scene.2014-07-04 +2 copiesA seated man in a rust-red dhoti and rudraksha mala, with a gold-bordered orange shawl, extends his hands to offer a red fruit to a woman in a red sari with a red-and-white flower garland. Other devotees kneel and stand around a flower-decorated tray, and a white-clad man with a rudraksha necklace and a dark-haired woman in red and gold look on. Children with folded hands and elderly women with raised palms watch, some clapping, in a home setting during a house visit.2014-06-24 +2 copies