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A devotional scene in a yellow-walled room decorated with hanging chains of lights and framed pictures. A seated woman in a dark red blouse and white sari with a garland of red and yellow flowers is surrounded by pink rose petals and holds a silver trident-shaped staff, a lit oil lamp set among the petals. Around her, a man in white with a red-and-white garland and a woman in white with a red border sit and offer their hands over the lamp, while standing and kneeling sannyasis in saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas chant and join palms in prayer. A bare-chested young attendant in white dhoti stands singing. The silver trident and flower-covered pada puja setting suggest a devotee home ritual.

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July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01A domestic puja in a home interior: devotees in white and orange clothing with rudraksha malas kneel and stand around a floor covered thickly with pink and white rose petals. A woman seated at right, wearing a dark red blouse, marigold garlands and flower adornments, is surrounded by petals and a lit oil lamp is placed near the petals. A seated man in white with a red shawl holds his hands together. A shaved-headed man in a saffron-robed and a white-clad young man stand nearby with hands folded in namaskar. A trident leans against a shrine table at right with flower garlands and offerings. Padapuja devotion at a devotee's house.2014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01A photograph inside a home shrine room during a padapuja for devotees in Pudukkotai. A seated woman in a red-bordered white sari and a red blouse, adorned with a red and yellow flower garland and a trident-topped silver staff, sits on a bed of pink and white petals, smiling. Beside her a man in white dhoti and shirt with a red garland kneels holding a flame, and a woman in a red top kneels nearby. Several young men in orange robes with rudraksha malas stand and kneel with hands in anjali, while an older bearded man in white dhoti and yellow shawl stands at the back. A kneeling monk in orange with a rudraksha mala holds hands in prayer near a framed picture and floral offerings. A devotee-hosted padapuja scene with an oil lamp, flowers and a trident staff, with no figure clearly matching the a person candidate cues.2014-07-01A domestic devotional scene in a home room where devotees perform a pada puja. A woman in a red and gold sari and a man in a white shirt kneel and hold an oil lamp near the feet of a seated woman who is nearly covered in pink and white petals and red and yellow flower garlands; she holds a silver trishul and gestures with one hand. Behind them, a bald man in an ochre robe with a rudraksha mala sits with hands folded, while young men in saffron robes and white dhotis stand with palms joined. A framed portrait with a flower garland hangs on the wall, and a rolled bamboo blind covers the window.2014-07-01A devotional home scene in which a seated figure on a bed heaped with pink and white petals and marigold garlands holds a silver trident, with a bright lamp flame in front. The figure wears red and maroon garlands and yellow flower strands and is smiling. Kneeling devotees in white dhotis and red blouses and saris join palms and hold lamps or offerings. Several saffron-robed sadhus with rudraksha malas stand and sit behind, one holding palms together, with a framed portrait and garlands on a wall behind them. This appears to be a padapuja or aarti at a devotee's house.2014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copies