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A photograph inside a home living room during a pada puja house visit. A man with long swept-back hair, wearing saffron clothing, a rudraksha mala and a white flower garland, sits on a wooden seat and receives ritual worship. Seated nearby, a young boy in orange cloth and a rudraksha mala presses his palms together. A woman in white and orange kneels and holds a lit oil lamp while a man in white with a red shawl offers his hands over the flame. A cameraman in saffron stands behind them, and rose petals and fruit lie on a plate in front. A television, floral curtains and a window with grilles are in the background.

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July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesA photograph inside a home room during a house-visit ritual. A bare-chested man with swept-back hair, a red floral garland, rudraksha beads and gold bangles sits on a low seat holding a tall silver ritual staff topped with a round finial, appearing to direct the rite. Opposite him a woman in a gold and orange sari sits on the floor holding a lit oil lamp flame over a metal vessel, her palms joined. A young man in saffron robes with rudraksha beads stands beside her near the flame. A woman in a dark-red sari and a man in white dhoti with a shawl stand at a far doorway, and a camera operator in saffron-red clothing photographs the scene at right. Gold-framed deity pictures hang on the wall, and marigold petals are scattered on the floor. Swamiji (probable) is the seated man with the silver staff, identifiable by his swept-back hair, red garland, rudraksha beads and gold bangles.2014-07-08A seated man in a maroon-brown shawl and dhoti, wearing a multicolour flower garland and beaded bracelets, holds up a tall silver ceremonial staff with a round disc at its top. Before him, several men in saffron-orange robes sit on the floor with rudraksha malas, one performing a lit oil lamp for the ritual. An older man in white and a woman in white kneel near a brass plate of flowers and offerings. A standing man in white and a robed figure stand against the back wall beside a fan and a curtain. The scene appears to be a padapuja or house-visit ritual at a home-style room.2014-06-22A photograph of a pada puja in a tiled domestic room. A bare-chested man in white dhoti sits on the floor at left, holding a lit camphor flame in a small brass dish toward a seated figure on the right. That seated figure wears a long orange-red garland of flowers, rudraksha beads, a gold armlet and bracelets, and a rust-orange cloth wrap, with a tilak on the forehead and swept-back dark hair; he sits on an orange cushion beside a wooden tray of fruit and flowers. Behind them, a young boy in orange robes with rudraksha beads kneels holding a plate, while two standing young men in white and orange cloth stand near a silver staff with a finial.2014-07-08July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJune 27 20142014-06-27July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a house-visit padapuja in a home interior. A figure with long dark hair in a bun, wearing a rust-red and gold-bordered dhoti and a bare upper body with gold armlets and a garland of white and pink flowers, sits on a raised cushioned seat on the left. Several people sit or stand around a floral-patterned rangoli mat: two young boys in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas, a man in white kurta, a boy in white with glasses, and a woman in a dark sari holding a flame. A man in a light blue shirt holds a brass lamp at right, and a woman in a green sari and another in a patterned sari stand behind. A photographer in an orange-and-white garment with a camera stands among them. A brass hanging bell, a carved wooden shrine cabinet and a potted plant appear at the right.2014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +2 copies