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January 02 2016

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A devotee in a white checked shirt and white dhoti, with a red cloth draped over one shoulder, bends forward and touches his forehead to the bare feet of a seated figure in an orange-red robe with a gold border. A marigold and yellow flower garland lies on a brass plate with a red-and-white cloth beneath the feet, set against an ornate gold throne with a red cushion. Two other people in white are partly visible at the top edge. The devotee's bangles and a ring are visible. Pada puja is depicted in this moment of seated reverence at the feet of the honoured figure.

January 02 2016

Night-time devotional scene: an older man with grey hair, wearing a white shirt and orange shawl, kneels low and touches the bare feet of a seated figure in red-orange cloth with a gold border. Flower petals in yellow and pink lie on a brass plate near the feet. Behind them, a cameraman in white with a camera on his shoulder films, and several men in white and saffron-orange shawls with rudraksha malas and white forehead marks stand nearby, while a red-and-gold carved seat is visible at right.

Close-up photograph of a person's hands holding a heap of loose flower petals in red, pink and yellow, with a gold ring on one finger. The person wears a rust-red garment with a wide gold-orange border. Another pair of hands, with a ring, is pressed together in anjali at the upper right, and a white-clad arm appears at the right edge. The setting is a ritual offering.

July 31 2015

A devotee in white clothes bows with his forehead touching the bare feet of a seated figure wearing a red-and-orange garment and a garland of white flowers. Beside them a large golden ornament, possibly a deity murti or decorated seat, glints in the foreground. Other people's arms, white clothing and beaded wrists appear at the top and right edges. The seated figure's face is not visible.

A photograph of an elderly man with grey hair and a white shirt and white dhoti, bending low and touching his forehead to the bare feet of a seated figure. The man wears a red cloth draped at his neck and holds a white coconut wrapped in white cloth, with his hand resting on it. The seated figure wears a deep red garment with a broad gold-orange border and sits on a patterned cloth cushion beside a garland of yellow and pink flowers and a small brass item. Behind them, other people in white clothing are partly visible, and a gold-embellished throne-like seat is at the right edge.

January 02 2016

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Close-up photo of a padapuja ritual: a man in orange-saffron dhoti with white border and red sacred thread on his wrist kneels and washes or anoints the bare foot of a seated person draped in a rust-red garment with gold border. He holds a red-cloth-wrapped object and wears a silver wristwatch and rings. Fresh white and red flower petals lie on a red cushion with gold trim. Only the feet, hands and garments are visible, so no face or identity can be determined; the seated person's role is not shown.

March 06 2016

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Close photo of a seated figure in rust-orange dhoti and orange-red upper cloth on a gold-ornamented throne, with a rudraksha mala visible at the chest. A devotee's hands, one wearing a wristwatch and another with a bangle, hold and wash the seated figure's bare feet on a terracotta block, during a padapuja foot-worship ritual. Marigold garlands and marigold strands hang beside the golden throne. Two heads in the lower foreground are partly visible, including one in a lavender cloth. Ornate gold-tone peetha panels frame the scene.

A close photograph of a padapuja-style ritual at an ornate golden throne. A bare foot wearing a red-and-pink flower garland rests on a rust-coloured cushion, while a man in a saffron-red robe with a gold border and a black rudraksha mala sits beside it, his hands near a tray of red and yellow flower petals, a small green fruit and a coin-like offering. Another robed figure in red and gold stands behind, and a person in white clothing reaches in from the lower right. The foot is visible, but the person it belongs to is not shown. The scene is a sacred offering of flowers and fruit at the feet of a seated figure.

2016-03-06 +1 copies