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A puja is performed in a hall with a seated figure on a carved wooden throne with lion armrests, draped in garlands and wearing an orange-saffron garment and turban. The figure sits with palms joined in namaste. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands at left holding a lit flame on a long pole, with another white-clad man kneeling before a silver-rimmed ritual platform holding brass lamps and flowers. Around them, devotees in white dhotis and saris stand with hands folded, and a seated man with rudraksha beads sits at left. Brass bowls, a silver vessel with offerings and a small Tamil-labelled board are visible.

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June 12 20042004-06-12June 12 20042004-06-12June 12 20042004-06-12A photograph of a puja in an indoor hall. A bald priest in white dhoti with a saffron-striped shawl bends over a silver lotus-shaped vessel with oil lamps and flowers, pouring from a small brass vessel. Seated at right on a red throne with carved wooden lion armrests, a figure in an orange turban and orange robes sits with palms pressed together, with long dark hair and rudraksha beads visible. A shirtless young man in a white dhoti sits cross-legged near the priest, and a cluster of standing devotees, several in white, with hands folded, watch from behind. Garlands drape the throne and the backdrop, and a green-and-white map hangs on the wall.2004-06-12February 16 20072007-02-16June 12 20042004-06-12A photograph of a seated puja in a hall with a tiled floor. In the foreground, a bearded man in an orange-and-white garment sits on a striped blue-and-red mat beside brass oil lamps, a silver bowl, and a flower-garlanded wooden throne flanked by carved golden lion figures. On the right, a person wearing an orange head wrap and orange garment sits on the throne. Behind, many men in white dhotis and shirts sit in rows against the wall, several with palms pressed together, while a bearded man in white stands with hands folded and another man holds a camera. Garlands of white flowers hang on the throne and lions. The scene shows devotees gathered for a worship ceremony.2004-06-12Photograph inside a plain room with a whitewashed block wall and thatched roof. At right, a man in an orange turban and orange shawl holds a brass plate with a lit flame and flower petals, facing a framed portrait draped with a marigold garland. Beside him stand a man with long hair in an orange shawl over white clothes and a man in orange with glasses and a beaded necklace. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand with hands folded in namaskar; a woman in a white sari with orange border stands at left. A red mat covers the floor, with brass oil lamps beside the portrait.2007-01-12June 12 20042004-06-122003 - First Healers Initiation At AdiKailaasaOctober 07 20102010-10-07A photograph of a puja inside a tented hall with dark green drapes and a lattice wall. Seated on an ornate carved wooden throne decorated with white jasmine garlands and red-green ribbons, a man in saffron-orange robes sits with palms pressed together in namaskar, a white flower garland around his neck and an orange head covering. In front of him, a man with long dark curly hair and a beard, dressed in white, holds up a lit oil lamp, and another man in white stands behind him. Brass lamps and a plate of flowers sit on the floor, and a person in red bends at the lower left.2004-06-12