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December 05 20142014-12-05September 16 20132013-09-16November 21 20132013-11-21 +1 copiesPhoto of a padha puja at the Paduka mandir. His bare feet rest on a silver tray of flowers and small lamps. Seated before him, a woman in a white sari with a red border and a man in orange robes with a white headband attend the offerings. A woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala sits at the left. Brass bells and a gold kalasha-style lamp hang behind the throne.2013-05-29A photograph of a padapuja ritual in a dark-walled room with gold ornate chairs. A figure seated on a gold throne draped with a striped tiger-skin cloth wears a red-and-gold dress, multiple flower garlands in red, yellow and white, and gold armlets and bracelets; a person candidate, with long swept-back hair, ornate gold jewellery and garlands. Several devotees kneel on the floor before the throne, washing or offering to the seated figure's feet from silver and steel bowls, plates of flowers and kumkum. A woman in an orange sari and rudraksha mala and a man in a white kurta lead the offering. Hanging brass bells and oil lamps are visible, along with a video camera on a tripod and a wall-mounted air conditioner.2013-09-16August 29 20142014-08-29A padapuja ritual in a temple setting. A man seated on an ornate gold throne with a tiger-skin cushion wears a white forehead band, a long white-and-red flower garland, rudraksha malas, red-and-gold robe, and red bangles, his bare feet resting on a golden tray of flowers, lamps and kumkum. Three women kneel at the tray in orange saris with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings; one tends to the offerings beside a brass oil lamp. A brass bell hangs above, a saffron cloth backdrop stands behind, and a video camera on a tripod is at left. a person: the seated man in the red-gold robe and ornate throne is the presiding figure receiving padapuja.2014-06-06November 20 20142014-11-20November 21 20132013-11-21 +1 copiesA seated man on a gold-and-brown throne holds a silver trident, wearing a saffron-orange headpiece, a red-and-maroon dhoti-style garment, a large red and white garland, gold armlets and bangles, with white ash markings on his arms and chest. A gilded lion figure sits beside the throne, and brass oil lamps hang from chains against a dark stone wall. Below him, a bearded man in a white shirt with a red thread and rudraksha-style beads kneels by brass plates of flowers and offerings. A woman in glasses sits to the left, a woman in red with a bindi sits near the plates, and an elderly man in white with a red shawl sits at the lower right. a person is the seated figure on the throne, based on the saffron headpiece, red garland and ornate gold throne cues.2013-11-17 +1 copiesMay 29 20132013-05-29June 06 20142014-06-06