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A close photograph of a ritual setup on an orange cloth at floor level beside a wooden platform. In the foreground a large ornate gold tray holds shredded white and green material, two small gold figures or lamps, and a pink flower. To the right, a silver plate holds two small silver bowls with red and orange powders such as kumkum and turmeric, and a silver bowl of shredded white material sits behind. A purple cloth with woven yellow and red borders printed a person lies on the right. Gold-embellished carved panels appear at the left edge. No people are visible.

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Close-up of ornate gold ritual trays holding offerings for a pada puja. Central golden padukas or footprint-shaped plates sit with white jasmine flowers scattered on them, and a pink lotus bloom rests on the right. A small gold kalasha-style finial and a silver bowl with a spoon appear at the upper right, and a folded orange-red cloth lies on the lower right. No people are visible.2011-01-17Overhead view of a ritual offering on an orange cloth. A large ornate gold tray holds two gold-plated decorative sandal-shaped objects, pale shredded vegetable or flower pieces, and two pink lotus blossoms at the left edge. Smaller bowls hold shredded pieces and red and orange powders or liquids on a silver plate at the lower right. A wooden structure and a striped textile sit at the top and right. No people are visible.2010-10-12October 12 20102010-10-12December 12 20162016-12-12 +1 copiesMay 17 20112011-05-17A photo of a ritual setup for a paduka puja on a red-orange cloth. At centre is a large engraved brass plate with a repeated mantra-like inscription around its rim. On the plate rest a pair of ornate brass paduka sandals decorated with a pink flower bloom. Behind them sit a brass bowl with white sweets, a brass cup, a white conch shell and a second pink flower. No people are visible in the frame apart from a blurred edge at lower left.2010-09-29A photograph of a golden temple shrine interior with a gilded wall and a large golden foot visible at upper left. In the foreground on a polished reddish floor, a golden kalasha-style vessel or peetha-like stand holds pink flowers, and a small golden deity murti stands beside it in an arched niche, flanked by rose petals scattered across the floor. No people are visible.2006-10-21March 01 20132013-03-01May 02 20142014-05-02December 27 20152015-12-27 +1 copiesClose photograph of a brass ritual tray holding two ornate brass vessels with pointed tops, one with a small red stone, scattered with white jasmine buds, yellow marigold petals and a single pink rose on a cream cloth. A hand with a ring rests at the left edge and a figure in orange robes is blurred in the background.2010-01-24Close view of a pair of bare feet in an orange saffron robe resting on a golden tray. Around them are silver and gold bowls holding pink lotus flowers, white flower petals, and small pools of yellow liquid, with a silver pot in the lower corner. The feet suggest a padapuja, a ritual honouring of a revered person's feet, but no face or full figure is shown. Another pair of hands in white clothing appears at the top left edge.2010-10-30