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A photograph of a padapuja-style ritual: a woman with light-brown hair pulled back, wearing a colourful floral-print top and a white shawl with a garland, bends forward with her head lowered while placing her hand on a golden-orange cushion. On the cushion are a pair of black sandal-shaped footprints framed by yellow flowers. A man in a white shirt with yellow-printed patches stands at left, reaching to steady her arm. Behind them, other people in white clothes stand on a wooden floor, and a white plastic chair is at right.

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A woman in a colourful floral dress with a white cloth draped over her shoulders bends forward and places her hand on a decorated ritual seat or padapuja platform covered with yellow flower garlands. A man in a white shirt with yellow stains reaches in from the left to support the scene. Other people's arms and legs appear at the top and right edges.A screen photograph of an indoor gathering showing a woman in a dark floral dress with a white shawl draped over her shoulders, bending forward with her hands resting on a decorated cushion or pedestal. The pedestal is covered in yellow and red flowers and a dark ornamental design. A man in a white shirt with yellow patches stands at left, his arm extended toward the same pedestal. Behind them are other people, chairs and a red-carpeted area. No a person candidate is visible in this frame.2010-10-31 +1 copiesPhotograph of a screen-captured scene showing a woman in an orange and yellow patterned blouse and dark trousers standing before a low altar draped in orange cloth and decorated with purple and yellow flowers, bringing her hand to her mouth. To her left a man in a white shirt with yellow print stands close, and behind her seated attendees in colourful clothing watch in a hall.2010-10-31 +2 copiesOctober 31 20102010-10-31 +1 copiesOctober 31 20102010-10-31 +1 copiesA photograph of a screen showing a woman with short dark hair wearing a red-and-white floral garland and dark clothing, bending over a raised orange platform. Her hands rest on a pair of black wooden sandals or paduka set among yellow and purple flowers on the platform. A second person's white-sleeved arm reaches in from the left edge. The padapuja ritual of placing hands on sacred footwear is shown, with a wristwatch visible. The image is a video still with a copyright and source caption printed vertically along the left side.A woman in a white short-sleeved t-shirt and dark trousers kneels with her hands pressed together in prayer before a deity murti or ritual icon with a dark face, large round eyes and a red nose, decorated with purple and yellow flower garlands on an orange cloth. A man in a white shirt with yellow stains stands at left, reaching forward. A dark rudraksha-style mala hangs around her neck. Other people in white clothing stand in the background at right, and the scene looks like a temple or satsang hall with wooden flooring.October 31 20102010-10-31 +2 copiesOctober 31 20102010-10-31 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20142014-02-02A devotee in a white shirt and light trousers bends forward at the waist, pressing his head down onto the lap of a seated figure draped in orange saffron robes. Around them, other men in white shirts and a man in a yellow scarf stand close, one holding a white cylindrical object, and a woman with dark hair in the lower right foreground looks on. An orange-robed figure with an orange turban-like head covering sits at the right edge with a hand resting on the robe. The setting appears to be an indoor gathering with crowded devotees, consistent with a darshan or pada puja moment.2010-07-24A photograph of a padapuja ritual. A bare foot wrapped in orange cloth rests on a metal plate of red and yellow flowers, held over a red cushion beside an ornate gold seat. A woman in a white sari with a gold border and blue blouse, wearing a black beaded mala, bows her head and holds folded orange cloth. Another person in yellow and white, holding orange cloth, sits at the left edge, and a partially visible figure in white sits at the top. Stacked orange cloths lie on the cloth-covered floor.2009-11-24