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August 16 2002 - First Pada Puja offering to The SPH in Bengaluru2002-08-16A photograph of a paada pooja, a foot-washing ritual, in a plain indoor room with white walls. A seated figure on the right wears a saffron-orange head wrap, saffron-orange robes draped over the shoulder, and a white flower garland. He sits on a white plastic chair with hands folded in greeting and a smile. In front of him, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti bends forward, and a girl in an orange dress kneels, pouring or touching flower petals over the seated figure's bare feet on a brass tray with pink petals. Behind them, several people stand and sit, some with palms pressed together, including a woman in a white sari and children. A white plastic chair and a small patterned blue cloth mat are on the floor.August 16 2002 - First Pada Puja offering to The SPH in Bengaluru2002-08-16A photograph of a paada pooja in a domestic room with turquoise walls and a carved wooden screen. A man in a white shirt and light trousers kneels and washes the bare feet of a seated figure in a saffron-orange robe and saffron turban, with a garland of white flowers and orange marigolds around the neck. The seated figure has hands pressed together in namaskar and a rudraksha mala. Beside them a bearded man in saffron robe and white dhoti holds a small metal bowl, a man in a maroon shirt and white dhoti stands behind, and a woman in a pink sari with a pink-and-white shawl stands at left with hands folded. A brass oil lamp and a metal plate sit on a red floral rug in the foreground.August 16 2002 - First Pada Puja offering to The SPH in Bengaluru2002-08-16Indoor photo of a seated figure in orange saffron robes and an orange turban, long dark hair and a white-and-orange flower garland, hands pressed together in prayer as a devotee performs padapuja. A woman in a red sari with gold border and white flowers in her hair kneels and washes the feet with petals in a brass tray, while a man bends forward beside her. Standing behind, a bearded man in white dhoti and orange shawl holds a copper vessel. Tiled walls, a wooden door and a blue wall form the background, with pink and white petals scattered on the white floor.July 25 20052005-07-252003 -Glimpses From Various ProgramsNovember 04 20022002-11-04A seated figure in an orange robe and orange head wrap, wearing a white and orange flower garland and rudraksha beads, presses palms together as a man in a white shirt and grey trousers bends to wash the feet with petals in a silver tray of pink and white flowers on a red patterned rug. Behind them a bearded man in orange robes holds a small bowl, and two women and a child stand at left near a wooden lattice window and turquoise wall. The scene is a padapuja foot-washing with flower petals.A photograph of a home visit in an indoor room with framed pictures on the wall. A man in an orange turban, orange robe and white flower garland with rudraksha beads sits smiling at right, a woman in a blue blouse and sari bows forward with her hands pressed to her face, and a man in white shirt and white dhoti holds a metal plate with liquid. A woman in green blouse and pale sari rests a hand on the seated figure. Several onlookers stand behind, some with palms pressed together. Appearance cues are present but the page does not state a person is at this event, so identity is uncertain.February 06 20072007-02-06