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A pada puja ceremony on a stage. A long-haired figure in a striped tiger-print garment with orange drape and a tall beaded crown sits on a red velvet throne with a gold lion-headed armrest, extending hands toward a kneeling girl in a maroon dress with a red garland. A man in white dhoti with folded hands and glasses stands before them beside a young boy in white. A saffron-robed priest holds a plate with fruit and a second robed man holds an offering tray behind. Floral offerings and a decorated deity figure appear in the background, along with a large screen. Six or more people are visible.

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December 27 20152015-12-27 +1 copiesA seated figure in an orange shawl and tiger-striped garment, wearing a peach-coloured turban and ornate gold jewellery, sits on a red velvet throne with a gilded frame and tiger-patterned cushion, extending a tray with a ceremonial offering to a standing man in a white dhoti with orange shawl and rudraksha mala. Beside him a bald man in an orange robe and rudraksha mala assists. A woman in a maroon sari and red garland kneels with folded hands, and at right a bare-chested man in white dhoti with folded hands looks on. Background includes a red-draped altar and women in red saris. Stage-like dark setting suggests a pada puja ritual; the seated figure with turban and tiger-print garment is a person candidate in a performance-like ritual role.2012-12-20December 03 20112011-12-03 +1 copiesDecember 23 20162016-12-23A photograph of a ceremony on a stage with a dark backdrop. A man with long dark hair, wearing a peach-coloured turban, a gold necklace and an orange and tiger-striped garment, sits on a gilded throne with a red backdrop and a gold lion-shaped armrest, his bare feet on a red carpet. In front of him a man in white dhoti and orange shawl kneels holding a brass plate with a yellow offering. Behind them, a man in orange robes holds a tray, and a woman in orange sari sits at right. Beside them a decorated deity murti with garlands sits on a flower-strewn altar, and offerings and a patterned blue rug lie on a side table. Figures are seated or standing on the stage, with the seated throne figure's appearance matching the page's a person reference only in a limited way, so the identity is unsure.2012-12-20A ceremonial puja scene in a hall with red drapes and red carpeted floor. A bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair, ornate gold armlets and a gold necklace, dressed in orange-red cloth, sits on a raised seat handling cloth over a row of small oil lamps. Beside him, a white-clad older man bends forward with folded hands. A bearded man in a white dhoti and shawl wears a rudraksha mala and sits cross-legged at right. A gold-coloured lion or vahana figure is in the foreground, and a deity murti with garlands stands at left. Several women in orange and white saris stand in the background, and devotees sit on mats in the distance.2016-10-11May 01 20142014-05-01A photo of a paduka puja-style blessing on a ship's atrium. A figure seated on an ornate silver-framed throne draped in leopard print and a leopard-print headwrap, wearing orange-brown robes and white pearl beads, places one hand on the forehead of a kneeling man in a white shirt and white shorts who presses his palms together. A woman in a white t-shirt kneels with hands joined in the foreground. Behind them, seated devotees in white clothes with orange sashes watch, and a silver tray with offerings sits nearby. Yellow shag rugs and drapes frame the scene.2012-12-14October 22 20152015-10-22 +1 copiesNovember 19 20172017-11-19Annadhan during Allahabad Kumbhamela 20132013-01-01 +2 copiesPhoto of a ceremonial stage scene. A man in a red turban and orange-saffron robes with a gold-and-beaded necklace sits on an ornate golden throne with a lion-head armrest, smiling. Before him, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold border kneels and touches his feet while a woman in rust-red clothing with a gold waist band kneels at the side of the throne. Behind them, a man in white dhoti and red shawl stands at left, and silver-framed shrines hold deity murtis draped in garlands. Brass oil lamps stand on the carpet at right, and a bright orange cloth-covered box sits at lower left.2015-09-11