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September 15 2013

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A devotee in white ritual clothes with a golden-bordered shawl prostrates on a gold-ornamented platform, pressing his forehead to the bare feet of a seated figure draped in red cloth with a dark zigzag pattern. Yellow and white flower petals and rice-like grains are scattered on the red fabric. Other attendees in orange and red garments stand behind. The devotee's face is marked with yellow paste. a person's presence is not clearly established from visible appearance, so the seated figure is described by role only.2013-09-15September 15 20132013-09-15September 15 20132013-09-15September 15 20132013-09-15A devotee in an orange saffron cloth with red border and rudraksha mala kneels bare-chested, forehead bowed, touching the feet of a seated figure on an ornate golden throne. The seated figure wears a red-orange silk garment with gold border and a garland of pink and white flowers, and bare feet with a beaded anklet. Heaped white rice and flower petals cover the golden platform in front. Behind, a man in white dhoti with gold border stands with an outstretched hand. The scene resembles a padapuja-style honouring at the feet of a guru. The seated figure's identity is not established by visible cues.2015-07-31A man in white dhoti and shirt with a yellow marigold garland and a rudraksha mala kneels on a concrete floor, bending forward to touch the ground near the feet of a woman in a red and gold brocade saree. Another man in white kneels beside him, and people in orange and gold garments stand in the background. The scene resembles a couple's ceremonial obeisance during a marriage-related event at an ashram.2009-12-26July 31 20152015-07-31A man bare-chested with a white dhoti and long hair tied in a knot, wearing a pink-and-white flower garland and a gold bangle, bows low with palms pressed together and forehead touching his hands. In front of him, a bare foot in a rust-red robe rests on a gold-embossed footstool heaped with pink and white flowers, while the seated figure's red-orange robe and red cushions are visible behind. This is a padapuja-style foot-worship scene at a naming ceremony.2017-04-17A photograph of a ceremonial darshan scene. A long-haired figure with a white forehead mark, wearing a rust-brown robe and a rudraksha mala with a decorated medallion, sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne (peetha) and places a hand on the head of a man in a white shirt who kneels before him in a saffron shawl. Behind them stand women in white and cream saris with gold borders and gold necklaces, one in a red blouse with a bindi, and a man in orange holding a microphone. A gold staff stands at right, and a red curtain backdrop and green foliage frame the setting. a person: the seated figure has long dreadlocked hair, a rudraksha mala and a ceremonial medallion, seated on a throne during darshan.2016-05-11April 13 20142014-04-13April 13 20142014-04-13A shirtless man in white dhoti bends forward, his palms pressed to the foot of a seated figure in a rust-red garment with gold border, resting on an ornate silver footstool atop a red carpet. Behind, a silver stand with a tiered base and a red and green garland hangs near the seated figure. Ornate silver furniture is at right, and a leopard-print garment is partly visible at upper right. The gesture is padapuja, feet worship. Only the man in white and the seated figure are visible.2018-04-22