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A domestic puja inside a tiled room with a window and framed picture. A woman in a red-bordered white sari seated on a red cloth holds a brass oil lamp, while a woman in a yellow-green sari stands behind her. Two young monastics in saffron robes and rudraksha malas sit at the left with brass plates. A standing crowd of about twenty devotees in white, red and orange clothes watches, with hands folded in anjali. At right, a person in an orange-and-white robe holds a tall silver ritual staff topped with a bell-like finial, and a bald man with white tilak and saffron shawl stands near a brass bell. Devotees and an aarti-like lamp suggest a house puja.

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A house visit ritual in a small room with cream walls. A bald, saffron-robed priest with a white-tipped vertical tilak and a white-and-gold cloth stands at right, holding a silver trident aloft in one hand and a shaved-head assistant in white cloth beside him. Seated women in white and red saris and a man in a grey striped shirt sit or stand with palms pressed together, while a woman in white holds a lit oil lamp on a tray. A floral garland hangs on the priest seated at lower right. Several onlookers in white, orange and red clothing surround them.2014-06-27June 27 20142014-06-27July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 27 20142014-06-27June 26 20142014-06-26June 27 20142014-06-27June 27 20142014-06-27July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07June 27 20142014-06-27Indoor photograph of a pada puja at a devotee's home. A central figure in orange and maroon robes, wearing red and white garlands, a gold necklace and a sandalwood-marked forehead, sits on a patterned mat holding a trident-topped staff while devotees with folded hands surround them. A young girl in white holds a lit oil lamp, and a brass plate with flowers and petals sits nearby. Around 25 standing and seated devotees in saris, kurtas and white shirts press their palms together, and a man in orange-brown behind them holds a camera.2014-06-26July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copies