Close photo of a seated person in white ritual clothing, bare-shouldered, with hands pressed together in prayer over a gold-coloured ornate altar or table. A green leaf is held between the palms. On the golden tray behind, a red apple, silver-foil wrapped offerings and glass dishes are arranged. A gold bangle is worn on the wrist. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close photo of a seated person in white ritual clothing, bare-shouldered, with hands pressed together in prayer over a gold-coloured ornate altar or table. A green leaf is held between the palms. On the golden tray behind, a red apple, silver-foil wrapped offerings and glass dishes are arranged. A gold bangle is worn on the wrist.

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February 25 2011

Close photograph of two hands during a ritual offering. A person's hand holds a small green leaf, possibly betel, while the other hand, palm up, receives it. A gold bangle is worn on the wrist. On the left, a brass tray with small brass bowls, a lit oil lamp, and red flower petals sits on a dark wooden surface. Only hands and arms are visible, with no face shown, and the background is a plain white wall.

Close-up photo of a seated priest in a white dhoti with a gold border, holding a small brass plate with a pale yellow fruit or offering. He wears a silver bangle and a dark rudraksha mala across his chest. Brass vessels, a brass tray, yellow flowers, a red and gold cloth, and a small kumkum dish are arranged on a white cloth in front of him, indicating a puja. Another person in orange clothing sits blurred at the top of the frame.

Close view from behind of a seated man with short dark hair receiving something with cupped, outstretched hands, palms up. He wears gold bangles and a gold ring on one hand, and a saffron-toned shawl over his shoulder. Another person's arm and hand, with a gold-bordered object, reach in from the upper left. Behind them are brass plates of offerings, fruit and flowers on a red floor.

Close-up photo of a person in white clothing holding a small green leaf cupped in both hands, with a drop of liquid falling from the fingers. Behind the hands is an ornate gold-coloured carved surface with a silver vessel at the upper right. No face is visible and no identity can be confirmed from the image.

Close photograph of a padapuja ritual. Bare feet of a seated person rest on a gold-coloured tray with silver bowls holding white flowers and pink petals. A person in a white dhoti with a gold border kneels beside, with another hand pouring from a silver vessel onto the feet. Blurred foreground figures in white garments frame the scene. a person is not visibly present; only feet and hands of attendees are shown.

2011-02-14 +1 copies

Close photo of a padapuja-style ritual at a gold-patterned tray. In the foreground, bare feet in the lower left belong to a figure wearing orange silk clothing, seated on a red cushioned seat. Behind the tray, a man in a white kurta wears a long rudraksha mala and holds a small green leaf between his fingers over a silver plate with a red fruit, flowers and a small brass vessel. Red flowers lie on the gold tray in the lower foreground.

A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with red border, wearing a gold necklace and white tripundra marks on forehead and arms, offers an apple and handles pink flowers over an arrangement of silver ritual vessels and a plate on a tray. Other figures in orange and white clothing are partially visible at the edges, with dark hair of people in the foreground. Ritual puja setting with silver vessels and pink flowers.

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February 02 2017

A padapuja scene in a temple hall. In the foreground, a woman in a white and gold-bordered dhoti with bare back and sandalwood markings on her skin reaches toward a gold tray holding silver bowls, flowers and incense sticks. To the left, a woman with long dark hair in an orange-red top leans forward and tends the offering trays. Behind them, a figure in white dhoti sits on a red-cushioned seat before gold-leaf ornamented pedestals, with only his lap and white-clad legs visible. Gold-embossed panels surround the scene.

November 07 2011

A seated man in a beige silk kurta with embroidered panels and a red rudraksha mala is handling a small green item over a gold tray during a puja. Silver bowls hold red flowers and a red fruit with a red offering on top. Red and white roses and marigolds lie on the gold plates. At the left edge, bare feet in orange robes rest on the gold tray, and a red velvet cushion is visible. A name badge reads Pratyaksha Pada Puja.