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Close photo of a ritual in progress. A person in white dhoti-style clothing with red-and-white striped borders and a long gold bead necklace holds a small silver cup in one hand. Beside them, a person in a yellow garment and a wristwatch reaches toward silver and gold plates set out with a red apple, a white coconut and other offerings. Silver bowls with repoussé floral patterns sit on a gold tray.

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September 08 20102010-09-08Close photo of a padapuja offering. A man in white ceremonial dress and a rudraksha bracelet pours liquid from a white conch-shaped vessel with a silver spout into a silver bowl on an ornate gold tray. Beside the tray, a red apple, silver bowls, white flowers and green leaves are arranged. A second person in orange robes sits at the left edge, and a gold ornate necklace is visible at the top right. The tray and bowls are polished silver and gold with embossed designs.2010-09-08Close photograph of a ritual offering. Silver bowls and a large ornate gold-and-silver tray hold an apple, white flowers, and silver cups with a conch shell. Two people in white clothing with red edging hold small silver cups of white liquid, their hands visible at the right edge. The setting suggests a puja or abhishekam offering; only the hands and arms of the people are visible, so their faces are not shown.2010-09-16Close-up photo of a priest's hands holding a long gold bead mala, with the beads spread across both palms. The priest wears white dhoti-style clothing with a gold-bordered orange-edged cloth draped over the shoulder and a wristwatch on his left wrist. Beside him, a person in a yellow garment with a rudraksha mala is partly visible. In the foreground is a silver tray with silver bowls, a red apple, and a white coconut piece.2010-09-16Close photo of a padapuja offering. A bare hand in a white garment, wearing a rudraksha bracelet, pours water from a white vessel with a silver lid over a large silver-and-gold tray. Silver bowls, a red apple, and white flower petals are arranged on the tray. To the left, a seated person in an orange robe rests an arm near the tray. A gold-and-bead necklace with a small portrait pendant is visible at upper right on a person in white. The tray edges are ornately engraved.2010-09-08Close-up photo of a priest's hands performing a ritual over silver puja vessels. The man wears white dhoti and upper cloth with red-and-white striped borders and a heavy gold bead necklace, plus a gold bangle on his wrist. His hands are held together over a cupped palm, with white flowers or cloth between his fingers. On the lower left, a red apple and small silver bowls sit on a silver tray, and a gold-embossed tray lies below. Part of a person in a yellow garment is visible at the left edge. Ritual activity with silver bowls suggests puja offerings.2010-09-08Close view of a padapuja offering. A figure in saffron-orange robes sits at left, their lower body and arm visible. At right, a person in white clothing with a rudraksha bracelet and a gold necklace pours liquid from a silver vessel over a large silver tray. The tray holds silver bowls and cups, a red apple, and white flower petals. A gold-patterned throne or seat edge is behind the saffron-robed figure. Only the hands and parts of the two people are shown, with no faces visible.2010-09-08Close-up of a padapuja-style offering in progress. A person in an orange robe sits at left, with an orange-clad lap visible, while a bare hand with rudraksha beads reaches into a silver offering plate. Silver bowls hold white flowers, green leaves, sliced vegetables and two red apples. A silver vessel and a white-handled silver implement lie on the tray. At right, a person in white clothing with a bead necklace bends over the plates, handling the offerings. Gold metal ornaments sit on the tray.2010-09-08 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a person in white ritual clothing with a red-bordered cloth, seated at a puja. Their hands, adorned with rudraksha mala bracelets and white ash stripes on the forearms, hold white flower petals over an arrangement of ornate silver bowls and vessels. A heavy gold necklace with round gold beads hangs from the neck, with a small oval pendant showing a printed portrait of a person with reddish-orange clothing. Fresh green leaves, a red apple and white flowers lie on the silver trays in the foreground. The image is a photo of a physical person performing a padapuja-style offering, and the printed pendant portrait is not a physical person.2010-09-08A close photograph of a shaven-headed priest in a white dhoti and maroon-bordered cloth, bare-chested and marked with white ash stripes on his forehead and arms, with a red dot on his brow. He wears a gold bead necklace and a rudraksha bracelet, and pours water from a silver vessel over a silver plate during a ritual. Another man's hands and a bald head appear in the foreground, and silver and gold ritual vessels fill the lower frame.2010-09-08Close-up photograph of a priest in white ritual dress with a red-and-white border, seated at a silver puja tray. Both hands hold white flower petals over silver bowls, with fruit, green leaves and a red cloth on the tray. A gold necklace with a large pendant holding a small photograph of a person hangs at the chest, and the priest wears rudraksha beads on the wrist and white ash stripes on the arms. The scene appears to be a padapuja offering, with the priest's hand placed on the tray.2010-09-08Close-up photograph of a puja tray laid with ornate silver and gold-toned bowls and dishes holding white flowers, leaves and sliced white offerings. A cluster of gold-coloured beaded items sits at centre, with pink and white flowers beside it. Several people in white dhoti-style clothing, one in a yellow garment, hold small oil lamps with lit flames and a bell, and their hands are visible at the edges. A rudraksha-style mala is visible on one person's chest. The setting appears to be a devotional puja ritual with oil lamps and offerings.2010-09-29