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A photo inside a home with lavender walls and yellow marigold garlands over the doorway. A seated figure in orange and red robes, with a shaved head and gold jewellery, holds a silver plate of offerings. Standing around are devotees: a man in white shirt and white dhoti with a flower garland, a woman in a green sari with folded hands, a man in white with a red shawl, and a shaved-headed man in orange robes holding a silver trident. A cameraman in white stands at right, and a shaved-headed figure in the foreground sits on the floor. Rose petals lie on the patterned mat.

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June 21 20142014-06-21A photograph of a devotional padapuja in a home interior with lavender-painted walls. A seated figure on an ornate silver-framed chair wears a saffron-orange garment, a heavy garland of red, white and yellow flowers, a gold armlet and bracelets, and holds a silver staff. A woman in a pink-bordered white sari, a seated man in white with a red shawl, and another man in a red shawl kneel and perform worship with brass plates of flowers and an oil lamp. Standing devotees in white clothes press palms together in namaste, and a man in white holds a camera. The seated figure appears to be a person, identified by the saffron garment, flower garland and ornate chair.2014-06-21 +1 copiesA seated man in orange and red robes with a long flower garland of red, yellow and white blossoms and gold bangles sits on a silver chair holding a silver staff, smiling, while devotees in white and red shawls sit on a rug and fold their hands. A seated woman in a pink-bordered white sari lights a small oil lamp on a metal tray of rose petals, while a man in white kneels beside her. Standing devotees in white and a green sari, with hands folded, watch from the back. A seated figure, possibly a monk or a devotee, is partly visible. The room has lavender walls and a tiled floor.2014-06-21 +1 copiesA photograph inside a home room with white walls and a white curtain. A man in a long-sleeved white shirt and white dhoti holds a silver-topped staff and sits on a mat, wearing a yellow-and-green flower garland, gold armbands and an orange-red robe with gold border. Before him, a man in white ritual dhoti kneels with folded hands while another in white kneels and washes his feet over a tray of flower petals, as a woman in orange sari and others with folded hands look on. A man in orange and a younger man in orange with rudraksha malas sit nearby. Fruit sits in a box at the lower right. A photographer in white shirt holds a camera at left. Padapuja-style foot worship at a house visit; the seated figure's appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity.2014-07-07 +1 copiesJune 16 20142014-06-16July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesIndoor photo of a devotee in a cream and gold sari kneeling with head bowed on a striped rug, with flower petals scattered before her. A man in a white shirt and cream dhoti bends forward to offer something to a seated figure in an orange top and red sleeveless garment with a dark-haired head. A woman in a red sari sits nearby with hands folded, while a man in a red polo shirt and others stand behind in a room with a small shrine above a cabinet and garlanded doorway. Several onlookers stand at the left, including a woman in red holding a water bottle. A crimson-and-orange clad figure in the foreground holds rudraksha beads near a white seat.2009-07-27A ceremonial wedding-related scene in a decorated hall with white and pink draped backdrop, flower arrangements and a small fire lamp on an orange floor cloth. A tall figure in a saffron-orange sari with a yellow-gold border and a matching orange turban raises one arm and holds a flower, with a rudraksha-style red and orange garland around the neck. A man in a white-and-gold shawl and rudraksha beads stands at left, and a bald priest in orange kneels at the lower left holding a steel tray of yellow offerings. A woman in a red-and-gold sari bows at the centre while another woman in purple and gold bows her head, and a man in a white kurta with a red garland stands at right beside a woman in a purple sari with a white garland. A person in deep orange prostrates on the floor, head to the ground, with white and pink flower garlands laid around them. Several onlookers in mixed saffron, orange, white and purple clothing stand around the group.2013-09-16July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJune 16 20142014-06-16June 20 20142014-06-20June 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copies