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A seated figure in a rust-orange garment with a flower-covered head and layered white and orange garlands blesses a kneeling man in an orange-yellow cloth with a rudraksha-style neck mala. The seated figure holds a plate of offerings, including fruits and flowers, and rests a hand on the kneeling man's head. Behind them, several women in rust and orange saris stand and kneel near a golden decorated object draped with garlands, with green leaves and red flowers scattered on the red carpet. A woman in white sits at the far right edge. The setting looks like a ritual blessing or padapuja-style ceremony, with petals on the floor and a painted backdrop at left. The seated figure's identity cannot be determined from appearance, so the a person field is unsure.

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A photograph of a padapuja ceremony in an ornate hall. A long-haired person in saffron-orange clothing and a rudraksha mala sits on a gold throne with carved gilded arms, feet extended, while devotees in saffron, orange, magenta and green saris and kurtas kneel and sit around, some pouring liquid from brass vessels and offering flowers over the feet. Behind is a gold-framed altar with a deity murti draped in garlands and gold necklaces, and a kalasha pot in the foreground. Yellow and purple flowers fill the left foreground.2014-12-30A seated figure on the left wears a flower crown of white and yellow blossoms, layered garlands of white and orange flowers, a gold armlet and bangles, and a reddish-brown shawl; he holds a red apple and gives fruit from a leafy green offering. Devotees in white and cream clothing, some wearing orange lanyards, bow and offer fruit at his feet. A woman in a red sari with a mala stands behind, and a gold framed deity backdrop with garlands hangs above. The scene resembles a fruit offering or darshan. a person candidate appearance is uncertain, so the seated figure is recorded only as a person receiving offerings.2016-02-14November 26 20142014-11-26January 16 20162016-01-16July 31 20152015-07-31August 25 20172017-08-25May 28 20132013-05-28June 24 20142014-06-24 +2 copiesApril 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesA photograph of a shaved-headed?-no: a man in a saffron-orange and gold-edged dhoti-shawl wrap, wearing a multi-strand rudraksha mala, extends his right arm to place his palm on the forehead of a young curly-haired boy in a white t-shirt with an orange-red shawl and orange lanyard. The boy's hands are raised at his head in receptive posture. Behind them, a woman with a vermilion bindi and beaded mala sits, and several people in white and orange-red robes stand at a red-carpeted ceremonial area with a gold-carved throne-like chair and green plants.2015-07-19December 24 20142014-12-24August 06 20142014-08-06