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A seated man in an orange robe with a long garland of white flowers and green citrus fruits sits on a white-draped bed or couch in a room with pink walls and tiled floor. A devotee kneels before him, holding a brass plate and washing or offering to his feet, while another person in white kneels beside. Around them, women in saffron, red, orange and cream saris sit on the floor watching, including a small child in yellow. A silver kalasha and brass vessels sit on the floor nearby, and a plate of fruit is visible. The seated man is a person given his long swept-back hair and saffron robe with a garland, a padapuja-style foot-worship scene.

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A seated man in orange robes sits on a white-covered bed or cot, smiling and wearing a long garland of green apples and white flowers with maroon blossoms. Two people in orange kneel at his feet, one washing or touching his foot over a steel tray with flower petals and offerings, while a man in white kneels beside them. Behind, a group of women in saris and salwar kameez sit on the floor in a room with a pink striped mat, a fruit plate and a small brass vessel. The scene appears to be a padapuja. The seated man in orange with a garland matches appearance-based cues for a person, with long swept-back hair and a garland, but his identity is uncertain from appearance.2009-08-08August 08 20092009-08-08June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesA photo of a padapuja ritual indoors. A man with long dark hair, a red sleeveless undershirt, orange cloth wrapped around his waist and legs, and a garland of red and white flowers with green fruit sits on a white-covered couch with hands folded in greeting. A woman in a white sari with a gold border and jasmine in her hair kneels and pours water over his bare feet from a brass vessel into a silver tray. A second man in orange robes sits nearby with hands in añjali. Standing and seated devotees in white dhotis, a white t-shirt, a yellow shawl and a pink sari watch. A silver urn, a bell and flower petals sit on a glass table at left. Printed '. Four people are visible in prominent roles, with more in the background2009-08-08A seated woman in a red-orange sari with a long garland of white jasmine and red roses sits on a raised orange cushion at right, smiling, while a devotee kneels and washes or anoints her feet with a brass vessel on a plate. Around her, several people sit or stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, including a woman in an orange top with a rudraksha mala, a man in white with an orange cloth, and a young woman in a yellow dress with gold jewellery. A shaved-headed priest in orange and rudraksha sits at center. Fruit and brass plates with red kumkum stand on the floor. A framed portrait with a jasmine garland on the wall shows a figure in orange robes seated before a tree, with another small framed picture beside it.2014-06-26June 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesA domestic interior during a house-visit padapuja. A seated man with long hair in a bun, wearing a red-brown dhoti, orange shawl, a garland of white and yellow flowers and gold armlets, sits on an orange cushion at right, holding a silver staff topped with a ceremonial finial. Before him, a woman in orange and a man in a white striped shirt with a forehead mark hold a lit flame over a brass plate of flowers and rice. Devotees in saffron and red stand and kneel around the room, including a woman in a pink sari, a man in an orange robe, a boy in a white shirt and a man in orange holding a camera. A bowl of flowers rests on the floor. The scene is a photo of a puja inside a home.2014-07-08A photograph of a padapuja-style honouring inside a room with cream walls and a marble floor. Seated on a raised orange-draped seat at right is a figure with a long swept-back hairstyle, wearing a rust-red cloth, multiple rudraksha malas and garlands of white and red flowers with pink blossoms; they hold a silver trident and rest bare feet on a plate. A white-clad man in glasses kneels with palms pressed together at lower left, and a woman bends forward to wash or offer at the feet. Shaved-headed young men in orange and white robes with rudraksha malas stand and kneel behind, one holding a brass tray. A photographer with a flash camera stands among onlookers, and a red and white table with fruit and brass vessels sits behind. Probable Swamiji is seated, showing distinctive long hair, rudraksha malas and floral garlands.2014-07-04 +1 copiesIndoor photo in a plain pink-walled room with a barred window. A seated person in an orange garment and white cloth, wearing a long garland of white flowers and green fruit, has long dark hair pulled back. In front of them a man in white shirt and dhoti stands extending his hands over a brass tray of fruit and flowers, with a small brass lamp and vessels on the floor. Around the room, women in saris, several in orange and red, sit or stand watching, and a man in a checked shirt sits at lower left. Puja-style offering scene; a seated figure in orange with fruit garlands is visible but no clear identity cue beyond garments and garland.2009-08-08A seated person in saffron-orange and maroon robes, wearing a green-and-white flower garland with red roses, sits in a green-walled room receiving a ritual; a person in a long silver-and-white silk-like garment holds a tall ceremonial staff with a metal head. Around them, devotees in white and orange dhotis, rudraksha malas and sacred ash stand or kneel. A woman in a maroon-and-gold sari and a seated woman in white with folded hands watch closely, while others in white shirts pour liquid from a brass vessel over a silver tray of fruit and flowers. Red and yellow flower petals are scattered on the wall at right.2014-07-04 +1 copies