Close-up photograph of a padapuja ritual. Several hands hold pink lotus flowers and a silver vessel, pouring water over a person's bare feet. A figure in orange robes stands at the upper right. Silver and gold plates hold white flower petals, a red flower and a small gold object. A wristwatch and bangles are visible on one wrist. - Nithyanandapedia

Nithyanandapedia

Close-up photograph of a padapuja ritual. Several hands hold pink lotus flowers and a silver vessel, pouring water over a person's bare feet. A figure in orange robes stands at the upper right. Silver and gold plates hold white flower petals, a red flower and a small gold object. A wristwatch and bangles are visible on one wrist.

More like this

Open the gallery

A close photo of a padapuja ritual. A seated figure in an orange robe has bare feet extended over a golden tray. Two pairs of hands, one in a white garment with white ash markings on the arms, hold pink lotus flowers and pour or offer over the feet. Silver bowls and a plate hold white flower petals, a pink flower, a red apple and small silver dishes. A gold ornamental bracelet and wristwatch are visible on the offering hands. Foreground shows partial heads of onlookers.

2010-11-19 +1 copies

A 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.

A 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.

Close-up photograph of hands performing a ritual over silver and gold trays. Several people's hands, one wearing gold bangles and a rudraksha bracelet, one in an orange saffron garment at left, pour liquid from silver vessels over pink lotus flowers. Trays hold white flower petals, small gold pots and a sliced fruit, and a lotus is set in the foreground. The scene suggests an abhishekam or puja offering. Only hands and forearms are visible, so the people's count is limited, and no face or identity can be confirmed, so the a person field is unsure.

October 15 2010

November 18 2010

2010-11-18 +2 copies

Close photo of several pairs of hands during a ritual offering. A person in an orange robe on the left holds a pink rose and a silver vessel over a silver tray, while others in white garments hold pink roses and small silver vessels. A child's hand reaches in from the right. Shredded white flowers or leaves fill a brass tray below. Only hands, arms and the tops of heads are visible, so no face can be seen.

October 15 2010

Close view of a padapuja-style ritual. A man in a white dhoti, wearing gold bangles, holds pink lotus flowers over a silver and gold tray with water being poured. In the foreground, a bald, blurred man bends forward with his hands raised, receiving the offering. Silver bowls, red and orange roses, and white flower petals surround the tray, with a gold vessel at lower left.

2010-10-21 +1 copies

Close-up photo of a puja offering in progress. Several pairs of hands hold small silver conch-shaped vessels with pink lotus flowers and pour or sprinkle from them over a large silver tray. Hands of a figure in saffron-orange robes on the left, a person in white clothing with a rudraksha mala at top centre, and a woman in a yellow sari with bangles on the right are visible. The tray holds shredded white flowers, a red apple, small silver bowls and a golden tray below. The participants are only partially visible, so no face or full identity is shown.

Close-up photo of a padapuja ritual at a person event. Several hands reach into a large polished brass tray filled with pink lotus blossoms, white flowers and sliced fruit. A woman with a long dark braid in the foreground, partly blurred, wears an orange garment. One bare arm wears gold bangles and a ring, and metal bowls holding an apple and white petals sit on the tray's edges. The scene suggests offerings and devotees' hands at a puja, with no clearly visible face of any central figure.

Close-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.