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Indoor photo of a padapuja-style house visit. A man seated on the floor in white dhoti and shawl with an orange-brown rudraksha mala pours water over the bare foot of a person in a deep red garment, with a brass plate and flower offerings nearby. Beside him, a younger person in white dhoti with black rudraksha beads and a shaved head holds a fruit. A woman in a teal sari sits at left, one hand resting on the man's arm. Garlands of white flowers hang at the right edge; window blinds behind.

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A photograph of a domestic room during a padapuja ritual at a house visit. A woman in a teal sari with gold border sits on the left, resting her hand on a man's arm. A man with grey hair, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with gold border and a rust-coloured rudraksha mala, kneels and washes the feet of a person in a maroon garment with gold border, with a brass plate holding offerings beside them. Another person in a white dhoti and rudraksha mala sits behind, and a young woman in orange stands at the left edge. Sheer blinds and a pale wall frame the room.2014-07-08July 07 20142014-07-07Indoor photograph of a ritual in a bright room with white walls, grilled windows and colourful tassels hanging. A man in a rust-red robe with a white garland of jasmine and red flowers, rudraksha malas and gold armlets sits on the right, raising a silver ceremonial staff-like object overhead. Seated before him on a patterned mat, a grey-haired man in white dhoti wearing an orange-and-rudraksha garland holds a plate, beside a small flame. A young man in white dhoti with rudraksha beads and a boy in orange robes sit nearby, a woman in a blue sari with folded hands is in the foreground, and a young man in a red t-shirt watches at left. Fresh flowers and a plate of offerings sit on the floor. The scene reads as a house-visit pada puja with a homa-style flame.2014-07-08July 07 20142014-07-07June 16 20142014-06-16A photograph of a devotee-home pada puja in Pudukkotai. A seated man in a white sleeveless top and orange cloth, with wooden-framed glasses, a red-orange rudraksha-style mala, and white vibhuti lines on his forehead and arms, has his arm held by a woman in a white sari with gold border and gold bangles who bends over his arm. Beside them, a shaved-headed man in orange robes and a long mala kneels, and a figure in an orange robe with a gold necklace and beaded bracelets sits near the front. Standing devotees in white dhotis and orange stand behind, and a red-robed person bends over a brass vessel with flower garlands in the lower right. The floor has a colourful striped mat.2014-07-01A photograph of a seated man in saffron and maroon robes with long white garlands and a rudraksha mala, holding a silver staff and sitting on an ornate silver throne. Before him, a man in white dhoti and shawl kneels and touches his feet while a woman in a light blue sari with white flower garland in her hair attends at lower left. Behind them two young men with shaved heads in saffron and white ochre clothing sit on the floor, one wearing rudraksha beads. Fruit, a cardboard box of offerings and a red-cushioned area fill the room with cream walls. a person seated on the throne with distinctive long swept hair, rudraksha mala and ceremonial garlands; the kneeling man is a devotee performing padapuja.2014-07-10July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesIndoor scene of a padapuja at a devotee's home. A seated man in a red-orange turban, orange-red robe, white and red floral garland and multiple rudraksha malas sits on a chair with a smile while a woman in a white sari with jasmine in her hair and a man in white with vertical tilak kneel and wash his feet from a brass plate holding yellow fruits and lemons. Behind them, a shaved-headed young man in orange robes and a man in white with a gold-bordered dhoti stand near a ceiling fan, and a man in orange stands at left. A basket of red fruit sits at lower right and a patterned floor mat lies on the tiles. The seated figure fits a probable Swamiji appearance from the turban, garlanded robes and malas, and the role is a devotee's home padapuja.2014-07-01June 27 20142014-06-27July 01 20142014-07-01July 08 20142014-07-08