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A home shrine room during a padapuja house visit. A seated figure at right wears a red and orange sari, white and red garlands, gold bangles and earrings, and holds a ceremonial silver staff topped with a finial. Devotees kneel and sit around a low ritual mat, with a lit oil lamp and a small arrangement of flowers in front. Standing devotees in white and orange saris, a blue checked shirt and a blue top look on, one woman with palms pressed together. Shelves hold deity figurines and framed pictures hang on the walls. The seated figure's appearance with long hair, garlands and ceremonial staff gives a probable identification as a person, with the person seated in the place of honour receiving the padapuja.

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July 07 20142014-07-07July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesIndoor photograph of a padapuja at a devotee's house. A seated figure in a maroon-and-gold sari, wearing a white flower garland, bangles and earrings, sits on a cushioned chair at right, holding a silver staff topped with a small silver ornament and a flower garland. Devotees kneel and sit on the floor around a small lit oil lamp on a red cloth, some reaching toward the lamp with their hands; others stand in the room. A woman in white with an orange blouse stands at left with hands joined, and a man in a blue t-shirt stands in the background. Shelves and framed prints line the walls, and a framed photograph with a garland hangs at top right. Roughly 15 people are visible.2014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +2 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a padapuja at a devotee's home. A seated figure in an orange-red sari with a white flower garland, rudraksha-style beads, gold bangles and a silver staff is the central figure, receiving devotees. Several devotees kneel on a red patterned mat, reaching toward a small lit oil lamp in front of the seated figure, with red flowers scattered nearby. Behind them stand onlookers, including a woman in a maroon-and-gold sari on the left, a young man in a New York sweatshirt, and a man in a blue shirt, against a wall with framed photographs and a garland-hung portrait at the top right. Devotees are performing padapuja, washing or touching the feet area with oil lamp and flowers.2014-07-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a padapuja at a devotee's home. A seated figure in orange-red robes with a rudraksha mala and white flower garland, gold armlets and bangles, holds a tall silver ceremonial staff and is being honoured. Before the seated figure, a kneeling woman in white pours or offers near a lit oil lamp on a red cloth, while a man in a brown kurta kneels beside her with folded hands. Standing devotees watch: an older woman in a maroon sari claps, young men in striped and blue shirts observe, and a white-clad priest stands behind. Framed deity pictures hang on the cream wall. The seated figure's appearance is consistent with the page's description of a person, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copies