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Close photo of a padapuja-style ritual at a seated figure's feet. A figure in saffron-orange robes wears a long garland of pink and white lotus buds. Two hands in white sleeves hold or touch a silver plate filled with gold-coloured ornaments, red flower petals and small golden items at the feet. A pink-clad person is partly visible at the left edge. The setting has a gold-carved chair and a glass table.

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January 02 20102010-01-02December 01 20092009-12-01January 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesDecember 01 20092009-12-01 +2 copiesJanuary 02 20102010-01-02 +2 copiesDecember 01 20092009-12-01 +2 copiesClose photo of a padapuja: a person in an orange garment with a garland of pink and white lotus petals is seated at the top; hands in white and pink clothing offer and wash gold-coloured ritual items on a red cushion, with red flowers and a gold ornamented plate in front. Gold-framed decorative metal stands behind. Only hands and partial figures are visible.2010-01-02 +2 copiesClose-up photograph of a ritual offering during a pada puja. Hands hold a long gold necklace of large round gold beads with decorative ornaments over a golden tray scattered with pink rose petals. An orange-robed sleeve in the foreground and a white-clad arm on the right frame the scene. A patterned cloth lies beneath the gold plate. The focus is on the gold beads and the petals, with no clearly visible face.2010-09-24December 01 20092009-12-01September 07 20092009-09-07 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a ceremonial moment with hands handling heavy gold beads on a gold-rimmed tray. Foreground at left shows a figure in bright orange cloth with a gold border and a green-and-gold patterned edge. A person in cream or white clothing at upper centre holds a silver bangle, and a hand in the lower centre fingers the gold beads, which may be a rudraksha-style mala. Pink flower petals lie on the tray. At lower right a person in white with red trim and gold bangles reaches toward the beads. No face of the a person is visible, so no in-person candidate is identified.2010-09-24December 01 20092009-12-01 +2 copies