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A seated man with swept-back hair, bare-chested under a red-and-orange shawl and wearing a large red rose garland over white jasmine garlands, sits in a wooden armchair. He holds a tall silver ceremonial staff upright in one hand, and a green leafy bundle rests in his lap. A woman in a cream sari with a green border and red bindi stands before him, holding a lit flame while a kneeling man in a white shirt bends forward to receive it. Behind them a standing woman in a red sari, a child in a yellow dress and other people in saris watch with hands folded. A small wooden table with papers is in the background, and a cameraman in white stands at right. Marble floor. The scene suggests a pada puja-style reception at a home visit.

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A photograph of a seated figure in a red-brown and saffron robe receiving a ceremonial padapuja-style honour at home. The seated person wears a red rose garland and a white jasmine garland, gold armlets and bangles, and holds a green leaf bunch. Beside him a woman in a green and white sari holds a flaming oil lamp (aarti) while a man in white kneels offering it. Behind them devotees stand, including a woman in a red sari with hands folded, a child in a yellow dress, and a man in white holding a camera. A tall silver staff with a ball top rises at right, and a small wooden table with papers sits in the background. Flower petals cover the floor in front of the chair. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure has long swept-back hair, a saffron-orange robe, rudraksha beads and ceremonial garlands, consistent with the page's identification, though the evidence is not conclusive.2014-06-22A seated figure in a red-and-maroon robe and wearing a red flower garland with white jasmine strands and gold armlets receives puja from a woman in a pale green sari with a white jasmine flower in her braid, who holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) before him. A man in a white shirt and a seated man in white kneel near a floor of white and orange flower petals. Behind them, a standing woman in red and a child in a yellow dress watch, and a photographer with a camera sits by a small wooden table. A standing person in orange at the upper right holds a ceremonial staff topped with a silver finial. Indoors, a visit-style ritual setting with garlands and an oil lamp.2014-06-22June 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copiesA seated man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a red-and-gold dhoti-style garment with a red and white flower garland and a rudraksha-style necklace, holds a silver staff while a woman in a light green sari with a white flower garland performs a flame aarti with a lamp at his feet. Dark-haired devotees in white and orange clothing, a man in a white shirt bent over the flower-strewn floor, and a girl in a yellow dress stand or kneel nearby, with a child in pink and a man photographing at a wooden table in the background. Petals and a bundle of green leaves lie before the seated figure. Appearance-based a person is present in a seated ceremonial role receiving a pada puja-style aarti, and the sign-free photo shows an indoor devotional visit.2014-06-22June 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a home puja in progress. A seated man with long dark hair, wearing saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, a gold armband and a large garland of white, red and yellow flowers, sits on a chair beside a red-and-green floral mat, smiling and raising one hand. Before him a woman in a pink blouse and white sari offers a flame from a lit lamp. A man in white dhoti and shirt sits holding the flame, while a young man in a red shawl and white clothes holds his hands in anjali. A bowl of red petals sits on the mat. Behind them, standing devotees in white clothes watch, and a photographer in white takes pictures. Lilac walls and a white floor frame the room.2014-06-21 +1 copiesA seated man in a red-brown dhoti-style garment with a red and white flower garland and a green leaf bundle on his lap receives padapuja from kneeling devotees. A woman in a green sari and white flower garland bends to wash his feet with flowers at a metal tray, while men in white shirts and a shaved-headed priest in an orange and gold cloth assist nearby. A standing attendant in orange holds a tall silver staff. A woman in a pink sari sits behind a small wooden table writing in a register, with several onlookers in saris and a child at the left edge.2014-06-22A photograph of an indoor reception in a pink-walled room. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes with a white jasmine and red flower garland sits on a wooden chair at left, hands resting on his lap, with an orange shawl draped over the chair arm. A saffron-robed priest with a shaved head kneels before him, and a woman in a white sari with a red-green blouse sits with hands folded. Another man in white holds a lit oil lamp and a brass plate. Around them, saffron-robed attendants and devotees in white shirts and dhotis stand with palms joined, and a woman in a yellow sari stands at right. A tray of flowers sits at the bottom. Overall the scene resembles an aarti or reception ritual.2014-07-02 +1 copiesJune 22 20142014-06-22June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated figure in a saffron-orange robe with a red and white flower garland and bangle-style armbands, holding a silver staff, receiving a camphor aarti flame from a woman in a white sari with red blouse and gold border who stands beside a man in white kneeling and offering. A metal tray with flower petals sits on the red cloth in front. Behind them, a man in white takes a photograph, a young monk in orange with rudraksha mala stands, and seated devotees in white with folded hands watch from the left. A pink-blue garland hangs on the wall, and gold drapery frames the right side.2014-06-22 +1 copiesA seated figure in a red-and-orange robe and red-and-white flower garlands sits in a carved wooden chair, one hand raised holding a ceremonial staff, with gold bangles on the arm. Before him a man in a white shirt and an older woman in a pink blouse and green-and-red sari hold their hands over a small flame, while a young man in white with a red shawl holds a lit lamp near a patterned rug strewn with red and yellow petals. Standing behind, a woman in a green sari and several men in white clothes stand with palms pressed together, and one man takes photographs. A purple wall and a wooden cabinet form the room behind them.2014-06-21