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A photograph of a padapuja ceremony in a small tiled room. A figure seated on a white-draped chair with a red and gold shawl, wearing an orange robe and a white flower garland, sits with hands folded in namaskar. Nearby, a devotee in an orange sari holds a lit oil lamp toward the seated figure while another kneels with hands joined. On a blue cloth spread on the floor are fruits, sweets, steel bowls, a brass plate, flowers and a coconut offering. Men in white dhotis with yellow shawls and a young woman in a pink and polka-dot outfit sit around the arrangement in devotion. Whether the seated figure is a person cannot be determined from appearance alone, so the figure is described by role.

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July 25 20092009-07-25A small whitewashed room during a puja. A central figure seated on a white cushion wears an orange robe, a white and orange floral garland, and a long-haired swept-back style, with hands pressed together in namaste. Before him on a blue cloth are fruit, sweets, brass vessels, a plate of offerings, and a lit oil lamp. Around him, a woman in a cream sari with gold border kneels with hands folded, a young man in white kneels at left, and young men in orange robes and yellow vests sit with palms joined along the right side. Floral petals are scattered on the blue mat.2009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25A photograph of a padapuja ritual in a tiled room. A central figure in an orange robe with a long white flower garland sits with palms joined in namaskar, appearing to be a candidate for a person, seated on a raised white cloth. Nearby, a man in orange offers a flame to a brass lamp on a blue mat, while a woman in orange and cream sari holds a small offering. Seated devotees in orange, white and yellow shawls surround the puja. Fruit, sweets, flowers and a plantain-leaf offering arranged on the mat, with a fruit basket wrapped in orange ribbon in the foreground.2009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25A seated figure with long dark hair wears an orange robe, a white and garland of white flowers around the neck, and a gold-coloured necklace, with hands pressed together in namaskar. Seated before him on a blue cloth are several devotees: a woman in a white sari with a pink blouse offers something from a tray, two young women sit in front, and men in orange robes and men in white dhotis with yellow shawls sit with hands folded. The white table holds fruit including apples, oranges and bananas, bowls of prasadam, a plate of sweets, a silver kalasha and brass vessels, with pink flower petals in a bowl. The wall is patterned white tile. This appears to be a padapuja ritual in a small room.2009-07-25A seated man in orange robes and a white flower garland receives a camphor aarti from a woman in a white sari with a magenta blouse, during a puja on a blue cloth with yellow edging. A row of devotees sits around him: a woman in a mustard sari with an orange shawl presses her palms together at left, two young women sit in white and teal salwar dress, and young men in white dhotis with yellow shawls sit at right, one with hands folded. Fruit, sweets, flower petals, steel vessels and boxed sweets are arranged on the cloth in front. The wall is pale tiled with a round wooden plaque at left.2009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25July 25 20092009-07-25A photograph inside a small room with pale patterned tiled walls, where a seated figure in an orange robe with a long white and orange flower garland and maroon-gold shawl sits with palms pressed together in namaste on a white-covered seat. Around a blue cloth on the floor, people in white and orange clothing kneel and sit with folded hands. A woman in a cream sari with a gold border holds a lit flame near a tray of fruit, flowers and sweets, while a brass plate of offerings, oranges, apples and bananas sits in front. Several men in orange robes and yellow shawls face the seated figure in a puja setting. The figure's appearance is distinctive with long swept-back hair, orange robe, garland and shawl, though identity is uncertain.2009-07-25