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December 04 20102010-12-04Close-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 copiesClose-up photo of a padapuja ritual. Hands of several devotees pour water from a silver vessel over a bare foot wearing ring and bangle jewellery, draped in orange saffron cloth. Pink lotus flowers and white flowers are scattered among silver bowls and a decorated gold-toned altar base. Red apples sit in a silver tray at the bottom. A devotee in white clothing with a gold bangle reaches in from the left. The bare foot belongs to the seated figure in orange robes; the face is not visible, so no identification is made.2010-09-16Close-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.2010-11-03November 13 20102010-11-13October 15 20102010-10-15A close photograph of a padapuja-style foot ritual. Two bare feet of a seated person rest on a golden tray, while several hands pour water from silver vessels and hold pink lotus flowers over them. A person in an orange saffron garment is at the right, with ceremonial bangles on the wrist; a white-clad person's arm and hands appear at the top and left, and more silver bowls, white flowers and marigold petals surround the tray.2010-10-15Close-up of a ritual offering in progress. A hand wearing a silver ring and bangles holds a small silver vessel over a silver tray, while a sleeve of bright orange cloth reaches in from the right. Nearby silver bowls hold pink and white flowers, a white garland, shredded vegetables and a small gold kalasha-like object. Blurred gold ornaments and a figure in white and gold are visible in the background.2010-10-29Close photo of a pada puja, foot-worship ritual. Two hands pour water from a silver vessel over a bare foot, which rests among silver bowls and pink lotus flowers. Another person in an orange garment sits nearby. A red apple sits in a silver bowl at the lower centre. Ornate silver and gold ritual vessels fill the foreground. A hand wears a red beaded bracelet. Camera cropped tightly on the hands and feet.2010-11-18 +2 copiesClose-up photo of a ritual puja with hands making offerings over a polished gold tray. A person in a white garment with rudraksha bracelets holds a pink lotus flower, and white jasmine-like flowers and pink petals are scattered on the tray. Another hand pours from a silver vessel, and silver bowls and a small gold container sit nearby. A figure in saffron-orange clothing is visible at the right edge, and gold ornaments glint in the background.2010-10-29Close-up photograph of a puja offering being made over a golden tray. A man in white clothing with a bangle and a beaded mala, seen from the shoulders down, pours from a small silver bowl. Hands of a woman wearing green sleeves and gold bangles and rings reach toward the tray, which holds silver vessels, pink lotus flowers and a red fruit. At right, a person in a white shirt and dark head covering is visible, and a figure in an orange garment stands behind. A gold-toned backdrop sits in the background. a person is not clearly visible here.2011-09-15A padapuja-style ritual at close range: hands pour water from silver vessels with pink lotus flowers over a pair of bare feet resting on a gold-coloured tray. Silver bowls holding yellow and white offerings sit in the foreground. A person in an orange robe on the right holds a silver pot, and another person in orange and white with green bangles stands at left. A dark-haired head appears in the lower right corner. The feet are the focus, with water streaming down over them. No face of the feet's owner is visible, so the person being honoured cannot be identified and no a person candidate is shown.2010-10-30