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Photograph of a padapuja ritual in an open-air courtyard with orange-painted walls and a corrugated roof. A man in a saffron-orange robe with long swept-back hair stands at the right beside a gold-and-red throne, hands pressed together in anjali. Seated before him on mats, several men in white dhotis and bare chests, some with rudraksha or gold necklaces and white forehead markings, face him with hands folded. A woman in a white sari with a yellow border sits at the left near a brass plate. Brass and silver trays of fruit, flowers and offerings rest on a cloth in front of the seated priests, and a small wooden cabinet with red and gold items sits at the right. Visible people total about ten to twelve.

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August 03 20102010-08-03September 13 20102010-09-13August 09 20102010-08-09September 08 20102010-09-08 +1 copiesSeptember 13 20102010-09-13October 30 20102010-10-30 +1 copiesOctober 31 20102010-10-31 +2 copiesSeptember 13 20102010-09-13September 08 20102010-09-08 +1 copiesOctober 31 20102010-10-31 +2 copiesA photograph of a padapuja ceremony in a temple courtyard. A man with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala, sits with palms joined in namaskar on an ornate gold-and-red throne. Several devotees in white dhotis and white shawls sit on the red floor cloth before him, holding brass plates of fruit, flowers and offerings; one woman wears a white sari with a yellow border. Behind the throne, a standing man in white dhoti and shawl stands with hands folded, and more devotees sit at the right beside plates and a red-cloth-draped wall. On the left, a deity murti in blue is decorated with garlands, and brass lamps and vessels stand on a stone platform.2010-09-08October 30 20102010-10-30 +1 copies