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February 16 20092009-02-16A close photograph of a padapuja-style foot ritual on a dark stone floor. A metal vessel. At right, a person in an orange-saffron garment stands, and at left a person in white dhoti clothing with a gold-bordered cloth and a beaded rudraksha-style mala is partly visible. Only the lower bodies and hands of the participants are shown, with no faces visible. The foreground is blurred by a hand. Several people are partially visible, so the count is a small group.2012-06-05December 30 20182018-12-30 +1 copiesJune 26 20142014-06-26Close-up photograph of two pairs of bare feet on a dusty ground at night. On the left, a figure in saffron-orange dhoti stands with bare, cracked feet with small yellow and orange flower petals scattered nearby. On the right, a figure in white dhoti with a maroon border stands with one bare foot resting on a round copper plate strewn with yellow marigold petals and white flowers. Dark liquid stains and scattered petals mark the ground around them.2009-02-16July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 03 20142014-07-032005 - Visit to Devotee House in Rasipuram PattanamAnnadhan in 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesClose-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.2004-02-24A woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala kneels on a tiled courtyard floor and offers a brass plate of flowers and red kumkum to a standing figure in white traditional dress with a gold-bordered dhoti. Green banana leaves are laid on the floor as ritual mats, and a few flower petals lie on the leaves. Behind them stand other devotees in white and orange, some with hands folded, and a deity murti on a red pedestal is visible at left with a garland and a bright light. Lit lamps and draped decorations appear in the background.2016-12-12 +1 copiesA photograph of a devotional offering inside a hall with white-tiled floor and orange mats. In the foreground, a woman in an orange sari sits cross-legged and hands food to a girl in white with an orange shawl and beaded necklace, who holds the offering out. A steel bowl of cooked rice sits between them, and another steel vessel is visible at left. A bald person in orange robes bends forward at lower right. Behind them, a framed portrait of a figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and garland stands beside a white-draped chair with flower offerings, and several people in white dhotis and orange shawls kneel or stand at right. A large carved wooden plate hangs on the left wall.2011-03-05