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Close-up photograph of hands passing pink lotus flowers and silver vessels during a ritual offering. A person in orange clothing sits at the left edge, wearing a green bracelet and gold bangles. A child with curly dark hair in a white outfit is blurred in the background. Several hands reach in from both sides, holding silver kalasha-style cups with pink lotus blossoms. The scene suggests a padapuja or puja offering setting, with bright, shallow-focus framing.

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A close photograph of several pairs of hands offering pink lotus flowers and petals over silver vessels and a silver tray filled with white flower petals and fruit. Bangles and rings are visible on the wrists and fingers. One hand wears an orange sleeve, and a red apple sits at the right edge. The scene suggests a padapuja offering ritual.2010-10-16 +1 copiesClose 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.2010-10-10Close-up photograph of a ritual abhishekam. Hands in silver bangles and rings pour liquid from a silver vessel over a golden object, and another hand holds a silver cup with pink rose petals. Pink roses and white flowers lie on a silver tray. A figure in orange robes is visible at the right edge, but no face is shown. The scene is a temple-style puja offering, with silver and gold vessels and rose petals as the main items.2010-10-29Close-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 ritual scene with several pairs of hands holding silver pots or vessels filled with pink lotus flowers and white blossoms. A person in orange robes is visible at the left edge, with an orange sleeve and a green bangle on a wrist. A woman's hand wears gold bangles and reaches in from the foreground. The vessels sit on a golden tray scattered with white flowers.2010-10-16Close-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.2010-10-10Close-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.2010-11-09Close-up photograph of several pairs of hands during a puja ritual over a gold tray. A woman in the foreground holds a clear glass vessel and pours water over a pink lotus flower held by a man in white clothing whose hands are also visible. Gold bangles and a silver ring are worn. Red roses, white jasmine-like flowers, small silver bowls and a small brass lamp sit on the gold tray, with a sleeve of orange cloth at the upper right. No face is visible and no one is identified.2010-09-07Close photo of a puja offering being prepared on a gold tray. A person in white with rudraksha bracelets and a gold necklace holds a pink lotus over silver bowls and a gold plate with white flowers. Another person in an orange garment, seen only at the right edge, reaches toward the tray, and hands of other devotees frame the scene.2010-10-29October 15 20102010-10-15Close-up of hands during a padapuja offering. An orange-robed figure's hand on the left holds a silver pouring vessel above a silver plate. Two other pairs of hands, one wearing bangles and a ring, hold pink lotus flowers over the plate of offerings, which includes red apples, white flowers and small silver bowls on a gold-coloured tray. A blurred head of a child in a white patterned kurta appears at the top, and a dark-haired head is partially visible at the bottom left. No a person candidate is clearly visible in the frame, only orange robe fabric at the edge.2010-08-28A padapuja ritual in progress at an ashram. A figure in saffron-orange robes sits at left, his feet being honoured. A shaven-headed man in white dhoti with white tripundra marks and gold-rimmed glasses leans forward, bare-chested, with a rudraksha mala, offering from a silver plate. Beside him a young girl in dark hair looks on. Two women in white with yellow shawls stand with hands folded in anjali behind. A bare-chested man at right with a red-and-beaded mala reaches into the silver thali of pink lotus petals and fruit, while hands from the lower frame reach in to take flowers. Gold drapery and marigold garlands frame the scene.2010-10-16