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Close photo of a padapuja-style foot ritual. A pair of bare feet in orange robes is being washed with water poured from an engraved silver vessel held by a hand wearing silver bangles. Pink flowers, silver plates and bowls of yellow offerings surround the feet. Only the feet, hands and a blurred edge of another person are visible; no face shows.

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Close photo of bare feet in an orange robe being ritually washed as a padapuja. Two hands, one holding a silver cup, pour liquid over the feet, while a silver tray holds pink lotus flowers, white jasmine-like blossoms, a small brass lamp and silver bowls. The feet belong to a figure in saffron-orange clothing; the face is not visible. Only the feet, hands and sleeves appear, so physical people are limited to the washing hands and the feet, with a second person's white-clad arm at the lower edge.2010-10-29Close view of a padapuja-style foot ritual: a person in orange clothing has bare feet being bathed, with milk poured from a small steel cup over the feet by a hand wearing silver bangles. Silver and gold trays hold pink lotus petals, green leaves, a steel bowl of yellow turmeric and other offerings. A blurred figure in the left foreground and another hand at right are partly visible.2010-10-30 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a padapuja foot-washing ritual. Several hands pour water from small silver cups over a pair of bare feet resting on a large polished silver tray. Pink lotus flowers and white blossoms sit on the tray, with a small brass lamp at the left edge. A person in saffron-orange robes is visible at the upper right, and a figure in dark clothing appears at the right edge. Hands wear rings and bangles. Water streams over the feet. Only the hands, feet and partial clothing are visible, so no face is shown.2010-11-03 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a padapuja ritual in which water is being poured over a bare foot resting on a large ornate silver tray. Several hands hold silver cups and pink lotus flowers, and a bearer's hand wearing gold bangles and an orange garment holds the foot. Bright silver and gilded plates surround the scene, with a pink lotus blossom at the top. Only hands, forearms and one bare foot are visible, so the person whose foot is being washed is not identifiable from this frame.2010-11-03Close-up photo of a padapuja ritual: bare feet of a person in an orange robe are being washed with liquid poured from a small silver cup held by a hand wearing a ring and bangles. Silver bowls and plates surround the feet, holding an apple, pink lotus petals and white flowers. Dark blurred shapes at the frame edges suggest other devotees. The feet are the focus.2010-11-02A photograph of a padapuja-style foot ritual. A person in an orange robe has bare feet being washed, while another person's hands pour milk from a silver bowl over the feet. Pink lotus flowers and silver plates or bowls with yellow turmeric or offerings surround the feet. The orange-robed person's identity is not established by visible cues, so no a person candidate is claimed.2010-10-30 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a person's bare feet resting on a golden tray during a padapuja ritual. The person wears an orange-saffron garment on the upper body, and the feet are visibly washed or anointed. Around the feet are silver and gold bowls holding white flowers, a red apple, a pink lotus and small offering vessels. Blurred figures in the foreground include a hand holding a red and yellow cloth and a person in dark clothing. The scene centres on the feet, with no face visible.2010-11-03A close photo of a padapuja ritual: a pair of bare feet, smeared with white paste, rest on a golden tray while several hands pour water over them from silver vessels. One hand holds pink lotus flowers, and water streams down past a red-and-green thread on the ankle. The person whose feet are being washed wears no visible face in frame; in the foreground a dark-haired head is partly visible at right. A woman in an orange-and-white outfit with a green-trimmed border and gold bangles pours water, and a man in an orange robe also stands beside the tray. Silver bowls with offerings sit at the bottom of the frame.2010-10-30 +1 copiesClose photo of a padapuja-style ritual. Bare feet in an orange-saffron robe rest on a golden tray, while a hand with silver bangles pours water from a small silver cup over the feet. Around them sit silver bowls holding red apples, shredded white vegetables, a green leaf and a pink flower petal. The sitting person's feet and robe dominate the frame, with no visible face.2010-11-09Close-up of a padapuja ritual: a pair of bare feet with toes resting on a gold tray of flowers, pink petals and an apple. A hand in a bangle holds a silver cup of water while another hand in white sleeve pours or rests a silver vessel near the feet. Silver bowls and offerings surround the tray. Only hands and feet of the people are visible, so the figure's identity cannot be confirmed from appearance.2011-11-26Close photograph of bare feet resting on a golden tray of silver ritual vessels, part of a padapuja. The feet belong to a person wearing orange-saffron robes, visible at the upper right. Pink rose petals and stems are scattered at left, with silver bowls holding oil, shredded white flower or grain offerings, and a silver spouted vessel. The feet are being washed or honoured with the offerings arranged around them.2010-10-30Close-up photo of a padapuja ritual: a person in an orange robe has bare feet resting on a golden tray, while a hand pours milk from a silver vessel over the feet. Other hands hold silver bowls and a red apple sits in a silver dish nearby, with pink flower petals and a gold lamp at the left edge. The scene shows only feet, hands and robe, so the identity of the person in orange cannot be determined from appearance.2010-11-09