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Close-up photograph of a ritual offering during a pada puja. Hands hold a long gold necklace of large round gold beads with decorative ornaments over a golden tray scattered with pink rose petals. An orange-robed sleeve in the foreground and a white-clad arm on the right frame the scene. A patterned cloth lies beneath the gold plate. The focus is on the gold beads and the petals, with no clearly visible face.

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Close-up photo of a padapuja-style ritual: a golden tray holds a heap of gold-coloured beads or a golden mala and pink flower petals. Hands are reaching in to touch or lift the beads. Foreground shows an orange saffron cloth edged with gold, and a white garment at the right edge. A silver bangle is visible on one wrist and gold bangles on another. The scene is shot from a low angle with a shallow depth of field, and no face is visible.2010-09-24Close-up photograph of a ceremonial moment with hands handling heavy gold beads on a gold-rimmed tray. Foreground at left shows a figure in bright orange cloth with a gold border and a green-and-gold patterned edge. A person in cream or white clothing at upper centre holds a silver bangle, and a hand in the lower centre fingers the gold beads, which may be a rudraksha-style mala. Pink flower petals lie on the tray. At lower right a person in white with red trim and gold bangles reaches toward the beads. No face of the a person is visible, so no in-person candidate is identified.2010-09-24December 03 20092009-12-03December 03 20092009-12-03Close photo of a padapuja-style ritual at a seated figure's feet. A figure in saffron-orange robes wears a long garland of pink and white lotus buds. Two hands in white sleeves hold or touch a silver plate filled with gold-coloured ornaments, red flower petals and small golden items at the feet. A pink-clad person is partly visible at the left edge. The setting has a gold-carved chair and a glass table.2010-01-02 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20102010-01-02 +2 copiesJanuary 02 20102010-01-02 +2 copiesJanuary 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesDecember 01 20092009-12-01September 07 20092009-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20092009-09-07 +1 copiesDecember 01 20092009-12-01 +2 copies