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A photograph taken in a red-walled room at a home visit. A long-haired figure on the left, wearing a maroon and gold-bordered silk garment, layered gold and bead necklaces, bangles and earrings, sits with palms pressed together in greeting. Beside them a bare-chested young man with a white tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha mala holds a small tray of fruit and a book. Two other shaven-headed young men in saffron and white sit behind them, some with tilak marks. On the right a bearded man in an orange robe kneels on a rug, holding a brass object. Standing at the right are a woman in white with folded hands, a young girl in white holding a flower garland, and an older man in a cream sweater and white trousers, also with folded hands. A framed painting and a carved stone deity murti are on the walls. Visible people: about 9.

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Indoor home visit with a red-walled room and a wooden carved panel on the wall. Before him, two shaved-headed priests in white and maroon dhotis with orange shawls perform a padapuja, one holding a silver plate. A man in white with a flower garland and a young girl in white with flowers kneel on the floor, and a woman in white kneels offering a red fruit. Another man bows low on the floor over scattered petals. Standing onlookers in orange robes and black clothing watch from the back, with a woman in green near them. Red apples are held by several participants.2014-06-20 +1 copiesA household padapuja in a yellow-walled living room. A man with long dark hair, orange-red robes, bare shoulders, rudraksha-like beads and a red-and-white flower garland sits on an orange-cushioned seat holding a silver staff with a ceremonial finial; a pale orange cloth lies beside him. Before him a devotee in red clothing bends low, while a woman in white pours water from a vessel over a brass plate, and orange-robed boys in garlands stand nearby. On the right an older woman in a red sari presses her palms together, and an older man in red top and white dhoti stands with arms folded. Floral garlands drape the wall shrine, and a man in orange photographs the scene. Seated women and a man in white sit on red floral rugs; a white-clothed table holds fruit.2014-07-07 +1 copiesJune 20 20142014-06-20June 21 20142014-06-21June 20 20142014-06-20A seated figure in a saffron and maroon robe with a garland of white flowers and gold ornaments holds a silver trident-staff while a devotee in white kneels to wash his feet with an offering from a brass plate. Beside them, a young man in white stands with a white sash and tilak, and several saffron-robed young sannyasis in white headbands sit on a red-and-white cloth amid puja plates, a bottle and a brass dish. A woman in a maroon sari with a rudraksha mala and an elderly man with folded hands watch from the right. Behind them are a deity murti carving and a framed religious painting on a red wall. Probable Swamiji is seated centrally, identified by the long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklaces and saffron clothing, in a padapuja-style foot-washing ritual.2014-06-20A photograph of a seated figure on an ornate silver-framed throne with white cushions, wearing an orange-and-gold saffron dhoti, a garland of pink and white flowers, gold necklaces, and an armband, with a sandalwood mark on the forehead; the figure holds hands together in greeting toward a kneeling couple. Two sannyasi attendants in saffron cloth with rudraksha malas stand beside the throne, one holding a silver tray of fruit. A kneeling elderly man in white clothes with a red-and-white garland and a woman in a white sari with a pink border and red garland fold their hands in namaste. Standing behind them are several men in white dhotis and shirts, some with hands folded, in a hallway decorated with yellow marigold garlands and pink curtains. a person is the seated figure on the throne, identified by the garland, gold ornaments, saffron cloth and rudraksha-attended setting. A camera lens is visible at the right edge.2014-06-21 +1 copiesA seated man in red-and-gold dhoti and shawl, with a white flower garland and rudraksha mala, holds a tall silver pole up with one hand while a man in white kneels at a tray of offerings and another in white pours from a brass vessel. A young boy in orange robes and rudraksha beads sits on the red-patterned floor, and several people in white and orange stand behind, one holding a video camera. A framed portrait with red roses hangs on the left. The setting is a plain cream-walled room.2014-07-10June 20 20142014-06-20June 20 20142014-06-20A photograph of a padapuja ritual in an ordinary home living room. A seated figure in a deep red-brown robe with orange and gold border, wearing a white flower garland and gold necklaces and bangles, holds a tall silver trident-staff upright while a devotee's hands are washed over a metal plate in front. Around him, saffron-robed sannyasis with shaved heads and white forehead markings sit or stand, one in a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala. A woman in a cream sari with multicolour border pours water from a small vessel onto the feet, while a girl in pink sits in the foreground. Brass pots, a silver plate, fruit and a kalasha-style vessel sit on the floor, and a shelf with an elephant figurine and framed pictures lines the wall behind.2014-06-20June 21 20142014-06-21 +1 copies