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A seated figure in an orange-and-gold tiger-striped garment and a gold crown, wearing a multicolour garland, performs a padapuja by placing a foot on a silver platform in front of a silver deity murti. Around a gold-edged floor cloth, many silver thalis hold oil lamps, flowers and offerings. Devotees sit on the floor, including a woman in a white sari with red border, a woman in a red sari, a shaved-headed boy in orange robes with white forehead markings, a girl in red, and a man in an orange shawl. Several have rudraksha malas and name badges. Some are seated in the background wearing white and red shawls. The ritual appears to be a puja in a tent setting with red and white fabric.

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December 27 20132013-12-27December 27 20132013-12-27December 27 20132013-12-27December 27 20132013-12-27A seated guru figure with long dark hair and a tall ornate crown sits on a silver throne-like seat, wearing a tiger-striped garment and multiple garlands of yellow, orange and red flowers, with gold armbands. Before him, devotees sit on a golden floor cloth beside many silver plates holding oil lamps, flowers and offerings, appearing to be a puja or padapuja arrangement. Around them, seated people in saffron, red, white and orange clothes, some with red tilak on their foreheads and some with lanyard badges, watch and join with folded hands. A decorated silver chariot-style seat and red-and-gold stage decor frame the scene.2013-12-27December 27 20132013-12-27A padapuja-style ritual at an outdoor pavilion under a red canopy. A shaven-headed boy in saffron-orange robes and a beaded necklace chants with his eyes open, flanked by a girl in a navy top with a flower in her hair and a girl in red with a gold border. Behind them an older woman in a white sari with red and orange border and a long beaded necklace sits with hands folded, next to a woman in a red-and-orange sari with bangles. Foreground: rows of polished silver bowls and plates holding white flowers and yellow marigolds, and a garlanded yellow and pink flower offering at right. Several cameras and a tripod are visible behind the seated group. Five to six people are visible.2013-12-27December 27 20132013-12-27December 27 20132013-12-27A photograph inside a red and white tented pavilion during a ritual event. A man seated on an ornate silver throne at right wears a gold crown, a long multicolour flower garland, a tiger-print cloth draped over his lap, and gold bangles; he is seated at the platform and receiving devotees. In front of him a low wooden table holds many silver offering bowls and lamps with flower petals. Around it devotees sit on the floor with hands folded in namaskar, including a woman in a white sari with red border, a woman in a red sari, a saffron-robed man with shaved head, and people in red, white and orange clothing. Silver ornamental carvings and a silver deity figure stand behind the throne.2013-12-27December 27 20132013-12-27A seated figure on an ornate silver throne covered with marigold and rose garlands is receiving padapuja from a line of devotees kneeling on a black mat in a tent. The seated figure wears a golden crown, orange and gold tiger-striped garment, and a red-and-purple garland. Women in red, gold and orange saris and men in red shawls or orange tunics kneel and offer to silver plates and vessels in front of the throne. A saffron-robed young boy with shaved head and rudraksha mala kneels at right, and a man in white kurta holds a brass plate. Silver puja vessels and red fabric decorate the foreground.2013-12-27