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A seated man in saffron-orange and maroon robes, wearing a multicoloured flower garland and bangles, holds up a silver trident and makes a blessing gesture with his right hand while his bare feet are being worshipped. Two devotees kneel before him: a woman in an orange blouse and white sari lights a flame from a plate of flowers, and an older bald man in white holds his feet. Standing behind them are devotees with folded hands, including a woman in a maroon sari and men in white dhotis, with a photographer in maroon. A shelf of colourful deity murti and a bowl of apples are visible. This is a padapuja in a house visit setting.

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June 22 20142014-06-22June 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copiesJune 22 20142014-06-22A photograph of a padapuja ritual in a home interior with light grey floor tiles and a blue door. A seated figure in orange and rust-coloured robes, wearing a long multicolour flower garland and gold armbands, holds a silver trident-tipped staff and smiles with eyes closed while his bare feet rest in a metal plate of white flowers and dark offerings. Beside him, a woman in an orange blouse and white sari with a red bindi kneels and washes his feet, and an older man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala kneels in front of the plate. A small oil lamp burns on the floor. Behind them, a woman in a white sari and a younger woman sit with folded hands, a man in white dhoti and shirt and an older man in white stand with palms together, and a shaved-headed figure in orange stands with hands joined, while glass shelves hold small figurines.2014-06-22A seated man in an orange-and-maroon garment with a multicolour flower garland and a rudraksha-style necklace holds a long silver staff topped with a ceremonial head while a seated older couple performs a lamp ritual. A seated woman in a white sari with orange blouse holds a lit oil lamp over a brass plate of grains and offerings, and an older man in white kneels beside her, his hands near the plate. Standing behind them are a man in white dhoti and shawl with hands folded, another man in cream clothing, and a woman in an orange sari with a folded-hands gesture. A woman in white sits at the left edge. The setting is a tiled room with a blue wall, a grey door and a glass shelf of small figurines, a padapuja-style house visit.2014-06-22A seated man in a rust-red and gold-bordered dhoti and shawl, wearing a multicoloured flower garland and gold armlets, holds a silver ceremonial staff and smiles as a kneeling elderly man in white and a woman in white with an orange blouse perform a padapuja, offering flowers and white petals to his feet from a steel plate. A small oil lamp burns on the floor between them. Behind them, standing devotees in white dhotis with folded hands and women in orange and maroon saris watch in a room with a blue door and white walls.2014-06-22June 22 20142014-06-22A seated figure in orange and maroon robes, wearing a long white jasmine garland, gold necklaces and bangles, holds a long silver ceremonial staff upright while a line of people in white and orange attend a home ritual. Two shaved-headed men in orange sit on the floor with white tilak and rudraksha malas, one leaning forward with a bowl. A young man in white kneels at a brass plate of offerings, a woman in white with folded hands sits nearby, and seated devotees in the background watch in a tiled living room with a wooden door and fruit on a table. The seated figure has long swept-back hair and distinctive gold ornaments, consistent with a person candidate in a seated role of honour, though appearance is not conclusive.2014-06-20Indoor photograph of a domestic pada puja in a home in Pudukkotai. A person in a red-and-maroon robe with a white floral garland and red flower garland sits on a red-upholstered ornate chair, holding a tall silver staff upright while smiling. Seated on a striped colourful mat, an orange-robed sannyasi with a rudraksha mala tends a small flame in a brass vessel. A woman in a white sari with gold border sits with palms joined in front of a tray of flower petals and garlands. Behind them, a white-clad devotee and orange-robed attendants stand with hands folded, and framed family photographs hang on the pale yellow wall.2014-07-01June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 01 20142014-07-01