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Close photo of a padapuja ritual: a bare foot rests on a silver tray, washed with water poured from a silver vessel. Hands in white and orange-red robes pour and offer water; red flower petals and a green leaf sit in a silver bowl, with red apples placed around the tray. Gold and silver ritual vessels frame the scene, with a blurred figure in dark clothing at right.

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October 18 20102010-10-18Close-up of a padapuja ritual: hands pour water from small silver vessels over a bare foot resting on a gold-coloured tray. Red apples, red flower petals and a green leaf sit in silver bowls around it. A bare arm wearing a gold bangle and a ring reaches in from the left, and a person in an orange garment appears at the upper right. Another partially visible person in a dark top sits at the right edge. Two people are visible, and the scene is an ornate worship setting with silver vessels and offerings.2010-10-18 +1 copiesClose photo of a padapuja ritual: a bare foot resting on a silver tray is being washed and offered to by several hands holding silver vessels and a silver spouted pot. Pink lotus flowers and an apple sit among ornate silver bowls and gold-coloured plates. A person in saffron/orange robes is partly visible at the top, and a rudraksha-style bead strand hangs near the foot. Only hands, a foot and partial limbs are visible, and no face is shown.2010-11-18 +1 copiesA padapuja ritual in progress. A pair of bare feet rests on a gold tray, with white jasmine-type flowers scattered over them, and water being poured over the feet from a silver vessel. A person in a white garment and another in saffron-orange cloth reach in with silver bowls, with a pink orchid and a red apple placed among silver ritual vessels, a small gold lamp stand and silver trays. The hands and feet of the people involved are visible, but their faces are not, so the scene is shown in close detail.2010-08-30Close photo of a padapuja ritual in which water is poured over a bare foot resting on a gold-patterned tray. Flowers, white jasmine-like blossoms and a pink flower, are laid over the foot. Silver bowls and pitchers hold water, and red apples sit in silver dishes nearby. A person in an orange robe reaches in from the upper left, while a person in white sleeves holds a silver vessel at the lower left. A shaven-headed person in the lower right leans in to watch. Photo credit text is overlaid on the image.2010-08-30October 11 20102010-10-11Close photo of a padapuja ritual at the feet of a person in an orange saffron garment with gold border. A woman in a cream sari with a blue-thread necklace and gold bangles pours water from a silver vessel over the feet, while another person in a teal blue top and a figure in white handle silver bowls, a red apple and pink and white flower petals in a gold tray. Partial view of the seated people.2011-11-26Close-up photograph of a padapuja ritual focused on a pair of bare feet resting on a golden tray. A figure in saffron-orange robes is seated at the right, and their feet are being washed or anointed with liquid. Several hands from multiple people hold silver bowls, a ripe red apple, red flowers and a small green leaf. Silver bowls and vessels are arranged around the feet, with red rose petals scattered on the tray and a golden cloth in the background. The faces of the people are not visible. The scene is a foot-worship ceremony with offerings.2010-10-18 +2 copiesClose photograph of a pada puja foot-worship offering. Bare feet in the foreground, with a person's hands pouring water from a silver vessel over the feet. Orange-clothed fabric is visible above the feet. Around them are silver trays and bowls holding flower petals, a red apple, a gold-coloured ornamental cup and pink and white flowers. A second pair of hands, with a red thread on the wrist, holds a silver cup at left. The person whose feet are being washed is not shown in full, and no face is visible.2010-11-18 +2 copiesClose photo of a padapuja-style foot ritual. Several hands pour water from silver cups and bowls over a bare foot resting on a golden tray. A person in an orange saffron garment sits at right, wearing gold bangles, and a person in white clothing with a white sleeve reaches in from top left. Silver vessels, white flower petals, a pink flower, and green leaves surround the tray. Water runs down the foot onto the tray. Several people's hands are visible, with one at left wearing rings and bangles.2010-10-15Close overhead photo of an abhishekam being performed on a deity murti. A silver pitcher pours milk over a dark stone linga-like form surrounded by white flowers and pink rose petals. Silver bowls hold red apples and offerings nearby. A person in a white garment on the left and a bald-headed person in white on the right hold and tend the offerings. On the right, a hand wearing a red thread and rudraksha mala pours from a silver vessel. An orange-clad arm appears at the top left. Gold and silver ritual items are visible across the tray.2010-08-30Close-up photo of a padapuja ritual where devotees wash the bare feet of a seated person in orange-saffron clothing. Several hands, some wearing gold bangles, pour water and hold a silver vessel over the feet. Silver and gold plates hold pink and red flower petals, green leaves, a sliced apple and a small silver-coloured bowl. Garlands of red and yellow flowers rest on the orange cloth at top right. Only hands, feet and clothing are visible; no face appears in the frame.2010-10-12 +1 copies