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A crowded indoor room with cream walls and a wooden display cabinet holding flowers and small items at left. In the centre, a smiling person in a maroon-red turban and a rust-brown wrap, wearing a white and green flower garland, stands among devotees. Two shaved-headed young men in orange and white clothing stand behind, one with a white tilak on the forehead. Many women, some older with grey hair, press in close, several with hands folded in namaste and one holding a small offering. Devotees surround the figure in a padapuja-style gathering.

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Indoor padapuja at a home in a cream-walled room with a wooden display cabinet holding flowers and small figurines. A central figure in a deep red-maroon turban, white floral garland and rudraksha-style beads stands among a dense crowd of devotees, women in saris and salwar, some with flowers in their hair. Two young men in orange and white robes with rudraksha malas stand at right holding items, and a man in white shirt is at lower centre.2014-07-03July 03 20142014-07-03A crowded domestic room where devotees gather around a central figure wearing a red-maroon turban and maroon-brown robe, with a white and green-striped garland of white flowers draped over his shoulders. Several women in white and cream saris and white blouses, one with a long braid and flower garland, reach toward him with hands joined. A shaved-headed young man in a white dhoti with gold border stands at right beside a figure in orange-saffron robes. Wooden display cabinets with glass doors and flower arrangements line the wall behind, and a man in a white checked shirt stands in the foreground.2014-07-03June 27 20142014-06-27A seated figure in saffron and orange robes, wearing a tall orange turban, a long rudraksha mala and gold bangles, sits at the right receiving a crowd in a plain room with yellow walls and red curtains. Devotees press close: a woman in a pink sari with a gold necklace, a woman in a red blouse with a white jasmine garland, and men in white shirts and dhotis. A devotee bends forward with hands raised and another stands with palms together. A man in a white shirt holds fruit near the seated figure's hand. A framed saffron-robed portrait hangs on the wall at upper right. The seated figure's appearance with turban, saffron robes, rudraksha mala and gold ornaments is consistent with a person, with the page noting the event; identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2014-07-02 +1 copiesCrowded indoor room with pink walls and a wooden beam, where devotees press around a central figure wearing a red-orange turban and draped orange-red cloth, smiling. A framed picture of a deity with a halo hangs on the wall above a doorway. Men in white shirts with orange or red shawls and garlands stand close, and women in saris and flower garlands are visible at the front. A younger bare-chested man with a rudraksha-style necklace stands at the left. The image looks like a photograph of a darshan visit at a devotee's home.2014-07-01A photograph taken indoors in a small room with white walls and a wooden cabinet with flowers and small figurines on the left. A seated figure in the centre wears an orange-red turban, a white garland of flowers and a green leaf on the forehead, and sits on a red-cushioned sofa while people crowd around. Devotees surround him: a young woman in a green and pink sari with a dot on her forehead and gold jewellery, a woman in a red blouse with a white flower garland in her hair, an elderly woman with grey hair at the right edge, and a young man in an orange robe with rudraksha beads kneeling close by. A man in a white shirt holds a video camera at centre, and a shaven-headed man in orange and white stands in the background near the doorway. The scene suggests a padapuja with devotees gathered around a seated teacher.2014-07-03Indoor photo in a small home room with yellow walls, a wall shelf of framed photos and decorative figurines, and a framed portrait of an elderly couple above a glass-fronted cabinet. A figure in a rust-red turban and red shawl with rudraksha beads and gold bangles, smiling, raises a hand in blessing toward a person whose head is partly visible in the foreground. Around them, devotees in white, including a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and a woman in white with a rudraksha mala holding red fruit, and an older man with a white flower garland, press close. Figure's identity uncertain from appearance; the red-turbaned figure may be a person, with cues of turban, rudraksha and gold adornments.2014-07-01A photograph of a padapuja at a home in Tamil Nadu. A person in an orange saffron garment with an orange turban, white and red flower garlands, and bangles stands at right, placing hands on the heads of kneeling devotees. Devotees in white shirts and dhotis, women in red and mustard saffron-toned saris, and children kneel and sit close together in a small room with white walls. A cameraman in orange clothing photographs the scene from the upper right, and a ceiling fan and a framed picture hang on the wall behind.2014-07-03June 27 20142014-06-27July 03 20142014-07-03A seated figure in an orange-red turban and red robe, garlanded with white flowers and a multicolour garland, sits on a maroon-draped couch while devotees gather around for a padapuja. Several women in saffron, pink, green and white saris kneel or lean in, some with hands extended toward the seated figure's feet. On the right a young man in an orange robe with rudraksha malas and a shaved head holds a wooden tray of offerings, and another shaven-headed attendant in white with a rudraksha mala stands behind. A man in a white shirt and a photographer with a camera stand at the left edge. Flower petals are scattered and a plain white wall forms the background.2014-07-03