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A photograph of a pada puja at a devotee's home. A man in white clothes with a rudraksha mala bends forward while a woman in an orange shawl and cream sari, with a white flower in her hair, presses her hands to his head. A woman in an orange and red sari with gold earrings and bangles smiles and touches his head. Behind them, a framed photograph on the pink wall is garlanded with white flowers, and a small portrait hangs beside it. A young woman in a yellow sari stands with palms joined on the left. A flower garland hangs near the framed picture, with a light fixture on the wall.

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A photograph inside a small room with pink walls and framed portraits decorated with white flower garlands. On the right, a bare-chested person in a red-orange cloth wrapped over the shoulders, with a rudraksha mala and a gold earring, places a hand on the shoulder of a man in white dhoti and shirt wearing a black bead necklace, who stands with hands clasped. A woman in a cream blouse with orange shawl and white garment, hands folded in namaskar, stands at left, while a man in orange-saffron clothing and white-marked forehead stands behind. Several onlookers are visible at the edges. Scene suggests a pada puja blessing at a devotee's home.2014-06-26March 13 20162016-03-13A photograph of a devotional blessing in a small indoor room. A bare-chested figure in a red-and-orange dhoti-style wrap with a rudraksha mala draped across the chest and neck is raising a hand toward the forehead of a young man in white who kneels, holding a red fruit in cupped hands. The figure has a long dark hair bun. Nearby, an elderly woman in a cream sari with a red and white flower garland and a rudraksha mala looks on, and a man in white with an orange cloth stands behind. On a table draped in orange cloth sit bananas, a plate of fruit, a small bowl and a white electric fan. Orange curtains and a framed picture appear at the right edge, and other devotees stand in the background.2014-07-04 +2 copiesIndoor photo of a woman in an orange sari with a heavy gold necklace and earrings applying a vibhuti or kumkum mark to the forehead of a smiling man in a white shirt who leans forward with hands joined and holds a yellow fruit. Behind them several women stand in white, cream and green saris, some wearing red-brown beaded necklaces, and a woman in a yellow patterned shawl watches. A wall-mounted air conditioner and dark red curtains are in the background. A woman in an orange sari with a white forehead mark, in the foreground, appears to be a devotee-administered blessing role; no one is clearly identified as a person.2014-07-11 +1 copiesA seated figure in a saffron-orange dhoti with a long white and red flower garland, gold armband, and sandalwood-marked forehead has a hand raised on the head of a kneeling man in a white shirt and red shawl, in a doorway. Around them, devotees in saris and white garments stand; saffron-robed attendants with rudraksha malas and white-painted foreheads stand at right, one holding a camera. Marigold garlands drape the doorway above. This appears to be a blessing or padapuja-style reception.2014-06-20May 05 20122012-05-05July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesNovember 01 20152015-11-01Photograph of a blessing scene indoors under a white draped canopy. A man in an orange sleeveless top with a pink and white flower garland around his neck places his hands on the forehead of a young man in a white and brown striped shirt, who has closed eyes and a vertical mark on his brow. A woman in white stands at left with her head bowed, and a man in a yellow garment and a rudraksha mala is partly visible behind. Other people stand at the edges, and a brass vessel with flowers sits at lower right. The orange-clad figure's back is to the camera, so his face is not visible and his identity cannot be confirmed from appearance.2009-11-21July 09 20122012-07-09September 06 20152015-09-06October 12 20172017-10-12