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A photograph of a group of devotees gathered closely around a silver tray filled with red rose petals and small brass oil lamps or cups. A bald man in glasses and white kurta, with a red-orange shawl, leans forward and reaches toward the tray with his right hand, while a man in white with a red shawl and beaded bracelets bends beside him. Other people on the left include a woman in dark clothing and a child with dark hair, with a partial view of a white-haired person at the bottom. Behind them, a saffron-robed figure and a brass bell are visible under purple stage lighting. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable by the listed appearance cues.

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May 21 20142014-05-21January 14 20142014-01-14October 10 20102010-10-10December 11 20112011-12-11December 03 20092009-12-03Devotees perform padapuja at a golden throne. A figure in an orange saffron robe sits on a red cushion, and a woman in a red sari with a yellow garland pours water from a golden vessel over the feet, which rest on a silver tray of red and pink flower petals. A man in white clothes leans in to help, and an older man in white holds a hand over the tray. Other people in white and a woman in a cream sari with green border sit around the edges, and gold-patterned throne woodwork frames the scene.2009-12-03October 31 20102010-10-31 +1 copiesSeptember 06 20102010-09-06Night-time devotional scene: an older man with grey hair, wearing a white shirt and orange shawl, kneels low and touches the bare feet of a seated figure in red-orange cloth with a gold border. Flower petals in yellow and pink lie on a brass plate near the feet. Behind them, a cameraman in white with a camera on his shoulder films, and several men in white and saffron-orange shawls with rudraksha malas and white forehead marks stand nearby, while a red-and-gold carved seat is visible at right.2016-01-02A photo of a padapuja ritual. An elderly bald man in a white shirt kneels at left with his palms pressed together, bending toward a seated figure draped in orange robes and a red flower garland. Another man in white with dark hair, at right, extends his hands in reverence toward the feet. In the foreground, a silver tray holds pink lotus flowers, petals and a small gold object, with scattered rose petals on the red cushion of a gold-trimmed throne. Two dark-haired heads are visible at the bottom edge. A seated figure in orange clothing is visible but his face is not shown.Close photo of a puja offering being prepared on a tray. A woman with white, wavy hair, wearing a white top with pink, red and yellow floral embroidery and bangles, leans in and pours liquid from a small silver cup into a larger silver vessel held by another woman's hand. Silver bowls holding white flowers, red petals and fruit fill the foreground. A man in white clothing sits in the lower left, his back to the camera. A red cushion and an orange cloth appear at the edges. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2011-11-29Seated devotees in white clothing perform worship before a golden figure at the left edge. A man in a white kurta with a dark rudraksha-style mala and orange lanyard sits with his palms joined in prayer. A woman in white with an orange lanyard presses her palms together beside him. Another devotee in white bends forward in the foreground, and a brass or silver tray with small oil lamps and offerings sits on a patterned cloth. At the left, a figure in orange robes with bare feet sits on a raised seat decorated with a flower garland; no face is clearly identifiable, so the seated figure is treated as an unidentified person in orange.2012-12-22