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A photograph inside a home room with pink walls, a flat-screen TV and framed pictures. A man in white dhoti and shirt, with a rudraksha mala, lifts a silver vessel high and pours liquid over a seated person in orange robes, garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers, wearing rudraksha beads and a red turban, with a silver trident-topped staff beside them. A young boy in white with rudraksha beads stands in the foreground. Petals and grains are scattered around. The seated figure shows distinctive long hair under the turban, rudraksha and ornaments, but the identity is uncertain from appearance.

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July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01A photograph of a devotional flower-offering ritual in a pink-walled living room with a flat-screen TV and a glass cabinet. A seated person in orange and rust-coloured robes, wearing a crown-like orange headwrap, layered white and red flower garlands and a rudraksha mala, bends forward as a stream of white and pink petals is poured over the head from a steel vessel. Standing around them, a man in white with a sacred thread and a woman in an orange top and green sari hold bags and a steel pot of petals; another woman in a white sari holds the vessel. A steel trident rests beside the seated figure, and petals carpet the floor. The seated figure appears to be a probable Swamiji in the appearance-based sense, given the saffron robes, crown, garlands and rudraksha mala, and the scene is a visible pada puja style flower offering.2014-07-01A seated figure in an orange-and-red robe with a saffron head-wrap, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a white and red flower garland, receives a shower of white petals and flowers poured from a steel vessel held by a man in a white shirt. A trident stands upright beside him. A woman in a white sari with a floral pattern and a woman in a green sari hold steel bowls and offerings nearby, and a boy in white stands at the left edge. The room has pink walls, a flat-screen television, a glass display cabinet and framed pictures, with pink petals scattered on the floor. This appears to be a pada puja or abhishekam-style offering in a home.2014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01A seated man in a maroon and orange robe and a red-and-gold turban receives a shower of pink petals poured from a steel pot by a white-clad attendant wearing a gold-bordered dhoti. He wears a long rudraksha mala, a garland of white and red flowers and gold bangles, and sits on an orange cushioned seat. A second man in white garments with a rudraksha necklace stands behind, and a shaven-headed attendant in white dhoti stands at the right. The room has pink walls, a glass cabinet and a white air conditioner. Swamiji (probable): the seated man wears a red-and-gold turban, saffron-toned robes, a rudraksha mala and a ceremonial flower garland, consistent with the page's Pudukkotai darshan and pada puja context. Pink flower petals are scattered over his lap and the seat.2014-07-01A seated man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban is being anointed in a pink-walled domestic room. He wears long rudraksha malas and garlands of white jasmine and red flowers, and his lap holds a pile of orange and pink petals. A standing attendant in white dhoti and shawl pours liquid from a steel vessel while a woman in a white sari with butterfly motifs pours from a kalasha above his head. Another priest in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala stands at right. A trident leans beside the throne-like red chair, and a cabinet and television are visible behind. The scene appears to be an abhishekam or padapuja at a devotee's home, with a person as the central seated figure in saffron robes and rudraksha malas.2014-07-01A photograph of a padapuja or home darshan in a domestic room with yellow-painted ceiling and cream walls. A seated figure in a red-orange shawl and red-orange cloth wrap, wearing a crown-like headdress decorated with red and white flowers, white and red garlands, and a gold bangle, sits on a chair. Behind him a standing man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a silver plate raised above the seated figure's head. A child in a checked blue-and-white shirt bends forward at the lower left, and a silver trident stands upright near the seated figure. A large steel bowl of pink and white petals is in the foreground, and framed deity pictures are visible along the back wall beside a carved wooden mirror frame wrapped in white flower garlands.2014-07-01Indoor photo of a devotional pada puja at a home in Pudukkotai. A seated figure in a saffron-orange robe and dark red-brown shawl, wearing a tall orange turban, a long white and red flower garland and a rudraksha mala, receives rose petals poured from a metal vessel held by a woman in a yellow sari. A silver trident stands beside them. Around them, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala, a woman in a green sari, and a woman in orange clothing hold flowers and bowls. A pink wall, framed pictures and a flat-screen television are in the background. Swamiji is a probable candidate, recognised by the turban, rudraksha mala and saffron clothing, although his appearance is not fully certain.2014-07-01