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Close photograph of a padapuja ritual. A pair of bare feet rests on a gold tray while hands pour water from silver vessels over them. Several women's hands hold silver cups and bowls; one wears a silver bangle and a ring, another wears bangles. The foreground shows flowers, including red and yellow blooms, with a figure in orange robes at the upper right and a dark-haired head of a participant at the right edge. Silver and brass offering bowls fill the frame.

Close-up photo of a pada puja ritual: a bare foot rests on a golden tray while a woman in a dark top pours liquid from a silver bowl over it, with another hand holding a silver vessel. Surrounding golden and silver plates hold flower petals in red, yellow and white. A person in orange robes sits at the upper right, and a hand with a silver bangle and ring appears at left.

2010-08-02 +1 copies

A photograph of a padapuja-style ritual at close range. A woman in a cream sari with a silver bangle and ring pours water from a silver vessel over the bare feet of a figure in orange robes, seated on a golden tray. Silver bowls and dishes around the tray hold red apples, a yellow fruit, a white cube and red roses. A second figure in orange and white sits at the right edge, and a dark-haired person is blurred at the left. The scene is a foot-washing offering, with the full figure not shown.

November 24 2010

Close photo of a ritual foot-washing. A figure in saffron/orange robes sits with bare feet resting on a gold-coloured tray strewn with white flowers and green leaves. Another person's hands, one wearing a silver bangle, hold a small silver bowl over the feet, while a child-like hand in the lower left pours or holds a silver vessel. Behind them are more silver bowls and a silver cup set on the golden tray. A silver bangle with engraved designs is visible on the saffron-clad wrist. The scene is a padapuja-style washing of feet with flowers and water vessels.

Close-up photograph of a padapuja foot-washing ritual. Several hands pour water from small silver cups over a pair of bare feet resting on a large polished silver tray. Pink lotus flowers and white blossoms sit on the tray, with a small brass lamp at the left edge. A person in saffron-orange robes is visible at the upper right, and a figure in dark clothing appears at the right edge. Hands wear rings and bangles. Water streams over the feet. Only the hands, feet and partial clothing are visible, so no face is shown.

2010-11-03 +1 copies

Close-up photo of a ritual offering with several pairs of hands holding small silver cups and pouring liquid into a large silver tray filled with silver bowls, a red apple, pink flower petals and a yellow heap of grains. A person in an orange garment with gold border, possibly a sannyasi's robe, stands at left with bare feet near the tray. Other people in white and cream clothing, gold bangles and a rudraksha-like bead necklace stand around the offering, with one person's hands clasped at lower left. The setting suggests a puja or abhishekam offering.

November 26 2011

Close photo of a padapuja-style foot ritual. A pair of bare feet in orange robes is being washed with water poured from an engraved silver vessel held by a hand wearing silver bangles. Pink flowers, silver plates and bowls of yellow offerings surround the feet. Only the feet, hands and a blurred edge of another person are visible; no face shows.

Close photo of a padapuja-style foot ritual. Several hands pour water from silver cups and bowls over a bare foot resting on a golden tray. A person in an orange saffron garment sits at right, wearing gold bangles, and a person in white clothing with a white sleeve reaches in from top left. Silver vessels, white flower petals, a pink flower, and green leaves surround the tray. Water runs down the foot onto the tray. Several people's hands are visible, with one at left wearing rings and bangles.

Close-up photograph of a padapuja ritual in which a bare foot is being washed. A person in an orange garment is partly visible at upper left, and a bare foot rests on a golden tray scattered with white jasmine flowers, green leaves and pink lotus petals. A woman wearing gold bangles pours liquid from a clear glass cup over the foot, while another hand holds a silver bowl of milk and a silver vessel with a lid above. The gold and silver ritual vessels surround the foot in a bright setting.

2010-10-16 +1 copies

Close-up photograph of a padapuja ritual in which water is being poured over a bare foot resting on a large ornate silver tray. Several hands hold silver cups and pink lotus flowers, and a bearer's hand wearing gold bangles and an orange garment holds the foot. Bright silver and gilded plates surround the scene, with a pink lotus blossom at the top. Only hands, forearms and one bare foot are visible, so the person whose foot is being washed is not identifiable from this frame.