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May 30 2017

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Close-up photograph of a pair of bare feet resting on a gold-coloured ritual tray, with a bare-legged devotee wearing gold anklets strung with rudraksha beads. The feet are surrounded by silver bowls and vessels, red and pink flowers, yellow petals, green grass blades and a silver spouted pot. The feet appear to be receiving padapuja, the ritual washing or worship of the feet. The scene is arranged on a gold cloth with a red-and-gold fabric draped nearby.2017-05-30July 15 20112011-07-15May 21 20162016-05-21June 12 20142014-06-12Close-up photograph of a devotee's hands performing padapuja on a pair of bare feet resting on a golden tray. The devotee wears a gold bangle and a braided thread band on the wrist and a ring on a finger. The feet are smeared with a pale paste and are being decorated with flower petals and a green leaf. Around them are yellow chrysanthemums, red roses, purple flowers and sprigs of greenery, with ornate gold vessels and small gold-coloured ornaments scattered on the tray. The setting is an ornate gold-embossed metal plate.2010-08-15May 28 20172017-05-28Close-up of a pair of bare feet resting on a tray surrounded by silver ritual vessels, bowls and a brass kalasha-style vessel, with pink, red and yellow flower petals scattered around. The feet belong to a person in orange-brown clothing, wearing a beaded wooden bead bracelet or anklet on one ankle. This appears to be a padapuja-style foot worship offering among silver puja items.2017-05-28Close-up photograph of a person's bare feet resting on an orange-red velvet cloth. The visible leg wears a rust-orange garment with small knotted buttons along the cuff. A gold ankle bracelet set with pale stones encircles one ankle. Pink and red flower petals lie on the cloth at the lower left, and a few scattered petals sit nearby. The setting suggests a seated ritual or satsang, but no face or further figure is visible. No identifiable a person candidate is shown.2018-04-20 +2 copiesMay 30 20172017-05-30Close photo of a bare foot resting on a large silver-toned tray heaped with flowers and offerings. The foot wears an orange-beaded anklet with gold ornaments. The person's lower leg is covered by a rust-orange cloth with gold zari border. The tray holds pink lotus and rose petals, yellow marigold flowers, green leaves, red petals, and brown strips of ornate ritual material. A pink and white flower garland with blue beads hangs from the ankle. A gold-patterned throne or cushion edge is at left, and silver puja vessels sit in the upper right. Appears to be a padapuja-style offering of feet.2017-06-23April 20 20182018-04-20 +2 copiesClose-up photograph of a pair of bare feet standing on two ornate gold padukas (sandals) placed on a red velvet cloth scattered with white rice grains, rose petals and flower garlands, a ritual padapuja. The feet belong to a person wearing saffron-orange robes at the right edge; a white cloth hangs at the left and a gold vessel rests at the top. The gold padukas have small raised knobs.2009-07-07