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A close photograph of a seated figure's bare feet resting on a low terracotta-coloured cushioned block, wrapped in a maroon cloth with a yellow border. A person in white with a grey-stained arm and hand cradles and washes or anoints the feet with a small grey dish or vessel. Bright yellow flowers and a red patterned cloth lie on the floor in the foreground. The person giving the ritual wears white sleeves and a yellow-trimmed garment, and the seated person's face is not visible. No a person candidate is identifiable from the visible features.2015-07-07Close-up photo of a padapuja ritual: a man in orange-saffron dhoti with white border and red sacred thread on his wrist kneels and washes or anoints the bare foot of a seated person draped in a rust-red garment with gold border. He holds a red-cloth-wrapped object and wears a silver wristwatch and rings. Fresh white and red flower petals lie on a red cushion with gold trim. Only the feet, hands and garments are visible, so no face or identity can be determined; the seated person's role is not shown.2015-09-05Close photograph of a seated figure's bare feet resting on an orange cushioned seat, with the figure wearing maroon and gold-bordered cloth. In the lower right, a person in a yellow garment with white ash markings on the arms pours or places something over a small metal vessel or plate laid on a red and gold brocade cloth, with yellow flower petals scattered nearby. The scene suggests a ritual offering or puja at a temple dais; a dark beaded mala hangs at the person's neck.2015-07-07Close photograph of bare feet resting on a low orange-yellow wooden block, with a rust-orange cloth over the legs edged with a gold zari border. A second person's hand is visible at the left edge on a reddish-brown stone floor dusted with white powder, and another hand appears at the upper right. The feet are the main subject; no face or full figure is shown.2012-05-14 +1 copiesClose photo of a bare-footed woman in a maroon sari with gold zari border standing with her feet on a yellow-brown stone block, while a man in a grey sweatshirt, a white flower garland and a black wristwatch kneels and holds her foot. Orange cloth and scattered red petals lie on the floor, with brass bowls of offerings and stacked yellow sweets behind. The scene appears to be a padapuja-style foot-washing ritual. No face of a person is visible; the kneeling man is only partly shown.2010-12-23July 07 20152015-07-07A photograph of a ritual padapuja on a yellow stone block. A woman in a red and green silk sari with gold zari border has one bare foot resting on the stone while a man in white dhoti and shawl with yellow borders, wearing a white jasmine garland with red flowers, kneels and holds her foot, washing or anointing it. Red and white bangles are on her wrist. An orange cloth covers the floor beside a purple striped mat with scattered flower petals. Two people, a wrapped devotee and a partially visible person are at the edges. No clear a person candidate is visible; the kneeling man's face is not shown.2010-12-23November 14 20102010-11-14Close-up photo of a bare hand with a beaded bracelet and gold bangles pressing a white wrapped bundle. A gold-bordered brown garment edge appears at the top right, and a bare foot with a grey-blue background is visible at the left. The scene suggests a devotee offering a bundle at a sacred feet, but only the hand and foot are visible and no face or full figure appears.2016-01-02Close-up photograph of bare feet on a dark red patterned mat over a tiled floor. A standing person wears a bright orange cloth wrapped around the legs. A seated person in a teal green garment lowers their hands to wash or pour water over the standing person's right foot, with water visible running off the foot. A pink fabric edge appears at the upper right.2004-02-24Close-up photograph of a pada puja in progress: a person in a white shirt and a beaded rudraksha bracelet dries a bare foot with an orange cloth. The foot belongs to a figure in orange saffron robes seated on an ornate gold-embossed throne with floral carved scrollwork. Only the feet, orange robe and the attendant's hands and forearms are visible. The orange cloth and robe contrast with the gold throne.2010-08-26March 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copies