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Crowded indoor photo of a house visit during a Tamil Nadu tour. Many devotees fill a small room with cream walls and a wooden window grille. Seated devotees in white dhotis and shirts press forward, and women wear white and cream sarees, one holding a small child in an orange outfit. Several monastics in saffron robes and rudraksha malas sit at the front, some with shaved heads. A raised silver trident is held up at right, and women in blue, orange and green sarees and garlands appear among the crowd. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance cues in this frame.

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A crowded indoor room in a house visit during the Tamil Nadu Vijaya Yatra, with many people seated and standing close together. In the foreground, a figure holds up a silver trident (trishul) toward the group. A woman in a white saree with gold border holds a small child in orange clothing, while other women wear saffron and orange saris and rudraksha malas, and men wear white shirts and dhotis, some with saffron shawls. A young woman in a white saree with folded hands sits at lower left beside a man in orange with a rudraksha mala. Many people are gathered in a domestic setting with cream walls and a wooden window grille at right.2014-06-24June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesA photograph of a pada puja held in a bright living room with white walls, teal curtains and a framed deity picture on the wall. A seated woman in an orange saffron garment with a red flower garland and gold bangles lifts a ceremonial vessel. A bald priest in orange and white kneels on the floor with a yellow flower garland and a small metal bowl before him. A crowd of around twenty devotees, mostly women in colourful saris and men in white shirts, sit and stand with palms pressed together in prayer. A ceremonial fan and a brass lamp stand are visible on the right.2014-06-26June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJune 27 20142014-06-27June 21 20142014-06-21 +1 copiesA seated figure in an orange-and-saffron robe with a rust-red turban and a white-and-red flower garland raises a silver trident (trishul) while smiling, seated on a cushioned mat in a home room with yellow and green walls. Around him a large group sits on the floor in white and colourful saris and white shirts; several people with folded hands, one woman in a blue sari, and a young man bowing or touching a plate. Standing men in white shirts and checked shirts watch from the back near framed pictures and a doorway with hanging decorations. The scene looks like a house visit with devotees gathered for a blessing or puja.2014-06-27A crowded indoor photograph in a plain cream-walled room with a wooden framed doorway and window grille. Packed tightly around the centre, many people press in and reach toward each other, some with raised arms. A young girl in a turquoise dress is held up on the left. In the centre, a shaved-headed man in a rust-red cloth with a rudraksha mala and an orange sash stands beside a woman in a white sari with a red border. On the right, a smiling person with long hair wears a red-orange robe and a beaded rudraksha mala, with a hand raised toward the group. Several people in orange and saffron garments stand among the crowd.2014-06-24June 26 20142014-06-26A house visit ritual in a small room with cream walls. A bald, saffron-robed priest with a white-tipped vertical tilak and a white-and-gold cloth stands at right, holding a silver trident aloft in one hand and a shaved-head assistant in white cloth beside him. Seated women in white and red saris and a man in a grey striped shirt sit or stand with palms pressed together, while a woman in white holds a lit oil lamp on a tray. A floral garland hangs on the priest seated at lower right. Several onlookers in white, orange and red clothing surround them.2014-06-27June 27 20142014-06-27June 26 20142014-06-26