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A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions, hands folded in namaste. Before him, a devotee in a white dhoti with a gold border kneels on the left beside a brass lamp stand of lit oil lamps. On the right, a bald man in orange clothing holds a ritual aarti lamp over a gold tray with flowers, and offerings sit on a silver plate in the foreground. Yellow-cream pillars wrapped with flowers and autumn leaves frame the shrine, with a pedestal fan and blue doors behind. The setting appears to be a temple or satsang room with puja in progress. Swamiji (probable) is the seated figure in orange on the throne, identified by long swept-back hair, saffron robes and rudraksha mala.

2012-06-03 +1 copies

A seated man in saffron-orange robes, with a yellow-and-orange flower garland and dark rudraksha-style beads around his neck, sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne at left, hands resting in his lap. In front of him, a row of devotees kneel on the floor behind brass plates heaped with offerings, flower petals and small sweets. Three women and a man in white with yellow shawls press their palms together in prayer, while another woman holds a brass cup. A microphone on a stand stands at right against an orange-and-white striped wall, and a doorway with a red curtain opens behind. The man on the throne matches a person description: long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha beads, so his identity is probable rather than confirmed. Visible people are seven.

August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India

2009-08-01 +1 copies

August 15 2009

July 14 2012

May 02 2014

A seated figure in an ornate gold-and-red throne sits with palms pressed together in namaste, wearing a saffron-orange robe, a white and green flower garland with a yellow-green garland over the chest, and a red tilak on the forehead. Bare feet rest on a gold footstool before a gold tray with lit oil lamps and flower offerings. A young man in white kurta with blue border sits cross-legged at left holding a lamp, a second seated man in orange robe offers flowers at right, and a third man in white with yellow shawl folds hands at far right. Gold curtains hang behind, with a vase of yellow sunflowers and a standing fan at left. The scene shows a padha puja ceremony.

August 13 2009

A photograph of a padapuja ritual in an ornate hall with orange-painted walls. A man seated on a gold-and-red throne wears an orange robe and a rudraksha mala, his bare feet resting on a wooden footstool, eyes closed. In front of him, devotees in white and pale-yellow clothing sit with palms pressed together; one woman wears a yellow shawl. A woman in blue and a priest in white kneel at brass trays holding flowers, fruit and lamps. Another gold throne stands empty at left, and figures in white stand in the open doorway behind.

A padapuja ritual in an plain white-walled room. A seated figure on an ornate gold throne with red cushions wears an orange robe, a white flower garland and has long dark hair. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala kneels and washes the seated person's feet from a silver plate, while a woman in a brown sari with dark border holds a plate of red flowers. A standing figure in orange robe with a red-bordered shawl attends at right. Silver vessels, fruit, sweets, scattered rose petals and books are arranged on white cloth in front of the throne. A person in a yellow-bordered shawl sits at lower right.

August 09 2009

A seated man in an orange saffron robe sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions, palms pressed together in namaste. A woman in a white sari with a gold border and a long braid kneels before the throne, holding a small plate and offering. At right, another orange-robed man kneels with hands folded in prayer, and a woman in white stands behind him. A gold-trimmed footstool holds a silver plate with flower petals and offerings, and silver vessels sit on the white cloth-covered floor. The room has white walls and a window at left.

2009-08-01 +1 copies