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A photograph of a pada-pooja puja in a plain room with a large blackboard and a white-walled interior. A figure with long dark hair wearing an orange-saffron robe and a green-and-red beaded garland sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions, its back framed by red and white flower garlands, hands joined in greeting. Before the throne, a man in white clothes kneels at a low golden platform laden with a silver tray of fruit including bananas, oranges, apples, pineapple and a brass plate of flowers, and offering items on a lilac cloth. Around them, about eight devotees sit on the floor: several in white kurtas or dhotis with orange shawls, some with hands folded in namaste, a young boy in white, and women in white saris with orange borders, one holding a silver plate of petals. A ceiling fan hangs above.

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August 02 20092009-08-02August 02 20092009-08-02August 02 20092009-08-02August 02 20092009-08-02A seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a garland sits with hands pressed together on a gold-and-red throne decorated with white and red flower garlands, in front of a large blackboard on a cream wall. Around him, devotees in white and orange-bordered clothing sit on a white cloth, and one man in white kneels at a tray of fruit including bananas, pineapple, apples and oranges, with a steel bowl of flower petals nearby. A water bottle and a small wooden table with offerings are visible. The scene suggests a padapuja-style offering to the seated figure. A ceiling fan hangs above.2009-08-02A photograph in a plain room with a blackboard on the back wall and a ceiling fan above. A person in orange robes with a flower garland sits with hands pressed together on an ornate gold-and-red throne decorated with white and red flowers. In front, a man in white clothes kneels at the throne's base offering a ritual, and a row of seated devotees in white and orange, hands folded, face the throne. Fruit, bananas, a pineapple, flowers and a plate of petals are arranged on a white cloth on the floor, indicating a pada-puja style offering.2009-08-02August 02 20092009-08-02August 02 20092009-08-02A seated figure in a saffron-orange robe sits on a gold throne with red cushions and white and red flower garlands, hands pressed together in namaskar and a red-and-pink flower garland around the neck. In front, a man in white dhoti and shirt holds a lit oil lamp toward the throne during a padapuja-style ritual. Around them, devotees kneel on white cloth: a girl in a patterned top, a boy in grey shirt, young men and women in white with orange shawls, all with palms joined. Trays of bananas, apples, pineapple, mangoes and pink flower petals sit on the floor. A blackboard and cream wall form the backdrop.2009-08-02August 02 20092009-08-02A seated man on a golden throne with a red cushion and white-and-red flower garland is receiving puja from devotees on a white cloth on the floor. He wears an orange garment and a pink-red flower garland, hands folded in prayer. Devotees in orange shawls and white clothes sit around offerings of bananas, apples, pineapple, a plate of flowers and a kalasha-like setup, and a woman in an orange sari and another in dark red kneel and offer. A blackboard and ceiling fan are visible in a plain hall.2009-08-02August 02 20092009-08-02