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A seated man with long swept-back hair, wearing an orange and maroon robe, a white flower garland, gold necklaces and a gold armlet, holds a silver trident in his right hand and smiles. A woman in a red sari kneels before him and performs padapuja, washing his feet from a brass plate, while an older man in white kneels beside her holding a lamp or offering. Behind them a shaved-headed priest in orange sits with a rudraksha mala, and family members in white and orange sit on a checkered floor. Bananas sit in a basket at the lower right, and pink and white flower garlands decorate a wooden seat and a framed picture on the wall.

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June 20 20142014-06-20June 20 20142014-06-20A photograph of a padapuja home visit in a tiled-floor room. A long-haired man in orange and maroon robes, adorned with a white jasmine garland, gold necklaces and bangles, sits on a chair decorated with pink and white flower strands and holds a trident aloft. Seated before him, an older man in white kneels and washes his feet from a brass plate, while a woman in a red sari assists with a plate of flowers. Around them, devotees sit or stand, including a woman in white, a woman in yellow holding a toddler, and a child in white. A shaved-headed young priest in orange sits nearby. Framed pictures hang on the pale wall.2014-06-20June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesA seated man in orange and saffron robes, with long swept-back hair, rudraksha and gold-coloured ornaments, a white and pink flower garland and a silver trident held upright, sits in a wooden chair in a tiled room while an elderly man in white kneels to wash his feet with a brass plate. Behind them devotees sit on a patterned rug: a woman in white, a man in a red shawl, a woman in yellow holding a toddler in yellow, a boy in white, and an elderly woman in white. A saffron-robed attendant sits nearby with a shaved head. Pink and white flower garlands decorate the chair, and a small bowl of flowers rests on a tray. This is a pada pooja foot-washing ritual at a home visit, with the seated figure matching probable Swamiji cues of long hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha and gold ornaments.2014-06-20June 20 20142014-06-20June 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copiesJune 20 20142014-06-20June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesJune 26 20142014-06-26June 20 20142014-06-20A seated figure in a red-brown and orange robe, wearing a long white flower garland with red flowers, holds a silver trident aloft with one hand while his bare foot rests on a round brass tray. A man in a white dhoti and shirt kneels, pouring liquid from a small bowl onto the foot as part of a pada puja. Around them, a woman in a maroon and gold sari and a man in a yellow-and-white shawl stand watching, while a woman in a pink sari, girls in orange and white, and a bald monk in orange robes and rudraksha beads sit nearby. The setting is a plain pale room with a pink patterned cloth hanging on the wall.2014-06-26