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June 24 20142014-06-24June 24 20142014-06-24A close photograph of a padapuja-style foot ritual on a dark stone floor. A metal vessel. At right, a person in an orange-saffron garment stands, and at left a person in white dhoti clothing with a gold-bordered cloth and a beaded rudraksha-style mala is partly visible. Only the lower bodies and hands of the participants are shown, with no faces visible. The foreground is blurred by a hand. Several people are partially visible, so the count is a small group.2012-06-05July 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesClose photo of a ritual foot-washing at a wedding-style ceremony. A person in a red-and-gold silk dhoti with bare feet stands on a brass tray while another person's hands, adorned with gold bangles and henna-decorated fingers, pour or wash the feet. A bare-skinned shoulder and arm of a second person appear at left, and a white jasmine garland rests nearby. On the floor are a silver plate holding white rice grains and a yellow flower, a small silver bowl of red kumkum, and a brass vessel. Scattered petals lie on the white floor.2013-09-16A photograph of a padapuja ritual in a room with a silver pillar. A seated figure in orange robes has bare feet placed on a large steel plate of milk and offerings, with yellow fruit or flowers and a dark leaf. A young priest in a maroon and gold-bordered shawl with a rudraksha mala pours liquid from a small steel cup over the feet. Beside him, a woman in a red-and-cream sari with a red blouse and gold earrings kneels and touches the feet with her hand. Other devotees, including a child, are seated and standing in the background. The scene is a devotional foot-washing ritual.2014-06-24November 20 20112011-11-20A photograph of several pairs of hands gathered around a seated figure wearing a rust-red robe with a deep orange-gold border. A garland of yellow lemons with green leaves and white flowers hangs across the lap, and red rose petals or flowers lie nearby. A woman in white with gold embroidery and green bangles pours or applies a white liquid from a steel cup, while other hands reach in. The scene suggests a ritual anointing with the hands of devotees, with orange cloth and a small metal bowl in the foreground.2014-06-27Close-up photograph of a person's bare feet being washed in a shallow round silver-coloured tray or plate with scalloped edges, filled with water. A hand grips a polished metal pot or kalasha pouring water over the feet. The wearer has an orange-and-gold cloth at the ankle, a brown leather wristwatch, and dark rudraksha beads hanging at the right edge. The floor is polished reddish-pink stone. The image shows a padapuja-style foot washing; only the feet and hand are visible, with no identifiable face.2012-06-04Close-up photograph of a padapuja foot-washing ritual. Several hands pour water from small silver cups over a pair of bare feet resting on a large polished silver tray. Pink lotus flowers and white blossoms sit on the tray, with a small brass lamp at the left edge. A person in saffron-orange robes is visible at the upper right, and a figure in dark clothing appears at the right edge. Hands wear rings and bangles. Water streams over the feet. Only the hands, feet and partial clothing are visible, so no face is shown.2010-11-03 +1 copiesClose-up photo of a foot-washing ritual. A bare foot in the upper left wears an orange-and-gold garment hem; the foot rests over a large polished silver tray with scalloped edges. A person's hands hold a silver pot-shaped vessel and pour water over the foot, which is being washed. A wristwatch with a brown strap is visible on the pouring wrist. Water pools on the stone floor. A second bare-footed person may be partly visible at the top, but only feet and hands are seen. The scene suggests padapuja-style foot washing, rendered plainly.2012-06-04Close-up of a padapuja ritual: a bare foot resting on a silver tray filled with red, pink and orange flowers and green leaves, while a second person pours milk from a silver vessel over the foot. Another person in a rust-brown garment with gold border stands beside it, and a silver bowl sits behind. The foot is being bathed in milk over flowers.2014-04-29 +1 copies