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A photograph of a devotional flower-offering ritual in a pink-walled living room with a flat-screen TV and a glass cabinet. A seated person in orange and rust-coloured robes, wearing a crown-like orange headwrap, layered white and red flower garlands and a rudraksha mala, bends forward as a stream of white and pink petals is poured over the head from a steel vessel. Standing around them, a man in white with a sacred thread and a woman in an orange top and green sari hold bags and a steel pot of petals; another woman in a white sari holds the vessel. A steel trident rests beside the seated figure, and petals carpet the floor. The seated figure appears to be a probable Swamiji in the appearance-based sense, given the saffron robes, crown, garlands and rudraksha mala, and the scene is a visible pada puja style flower offering.

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July 01 20142014-07-01A seated figure in an orange-and-red robe with a saffron head-wrap, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a white and red flower garland, receives a shower of white petals and flowers poured from a steel vessel held by a man in a white shirt. A trident stands upright beside him. A woman in a white sari with a floral pattern and a woman in a green sari hold steel bowls and offerings nearby, and a boy in white stands at the left edge. The room has pink walls, a flat-screen television, a glass display cabinet and framed pictures, with pink petals scattered on the floor. This appears to be a pada puja or abhishekam-style offering in a home.2014-07-01Indoor photo of a devotional pada puja at a home in Pudukkotai. A seated figure in a saffron-orange robe and dark red-brown shawl, wearing a tall orange turban, a long white and red flower garland and a rudraksha mala, receives rose petals poured from a metal vessel held by a woman in a yellow sari. A silver trident stands beside them. Around them, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala, a woman in a green sari, and a woman in orange clothing hold flowers and bowls. A pink wall, framed pictures and a flat-screen television are in the background. Swamiji is a probable candidate, recognised by the turban, rudraksha mala and saffron clothing, although his appearance is not fully certain.2014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01A photograph of a padapuja at a devotee's home, with a seated figure in orange and rust-coloured robes wearing a wrap and a headdress trimmed with flowers and red and pink garlands. Jasmine and white flower strands hang over his shoulders and chest, and a gold armlet is on his upper arm. Petals scatter across the floor. Around him, people in white dhotis and orange saffron cloth pour flowers and water from a steel vessel, and a boy in white holds a plastic bag of flowers. A man in a purple shirt stands at the left, and a woman in white with yellow border and bangles pours from a pot. Behind them a pink-walled room has a framed photograph, a shelf with a small figure and flower arrangements, and a silver trident leaning nearby.2014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01