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Close-up photograph of a puja tray held by a priest in white dhoti and shawl with a red-brown border. Silver bowls and a small oil lamp with a lit flame sit on a gold-coloured tray beside three upright incense sticks sending up smoke. Pink roses, white flowers and a gold-chain garland lie to the right. Blurred dark-haired heads frame the foreground, and another white-clad figure and a figure in orange appear in the background. No a person candidate is visible.

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Close photo of a puja tray in a ritual setting. A person in white clothing with a hand resting on the tray is partly visible at left. The tray holds silver bowls and small dishes, incense sticks standing upright, a small lit oil lamp, a white coconut, pink flowers and gold garlands, and red fruit at the bottom edge. Two blurred heads frame the right and left edges. A partially visible person in orange and white clothing appears at the top. The visible hand and arm belong to a single person in white, and the setting suggests a padapuja or puja offering.2011-01-28 +1 copiesClose photograph of a bare foot in a white garment resting on a reddish-brown surface, surrounded by ornate silver bowls and a pile of pink lotus flowers mixed with white blossoms and green leaves. A gold bead garland with a dark rudraksha-like bead lies across the flowers. Only a partial lower leg and white fabric hem of a person are visible, with blurred orange clothing at the bottom edge, consistent with a padapuja ritual offering. No face is visible.2011-01-28Close-up photograph of a padapuja ritual at the feet of a seated figure. Bare feet rest on a golden tray or platform with a raised scalloped edge. Around the feet sit silver bowls and trays holding white flowers and pink petals. A figure in a white dhoti with a gold border sits to the left, and another hand reaches in from the top. In the foreground, a blurred person in white clothing sits, and a dark-skinned arm rests in the left foreground. The shallow focus emphasises the feet and offering vessels.2011-02-14Close 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 copiesFebruary 25 20112011-02-25 +1 copiesClose photo of a puja offering being prepared on a gold tray. A person in white with rudraksha bracelets and a gold necklace holds a pink lotus over silver bowls and a gold plate with white flowers. Another person in an orange garment, seen only at the right edge, reaches toward the tray, and hands of other devotees frame the scene.2010-10-29Close-up photograph of a puja offering arrangement. In the foreground, a woman in a lime-green sari with a gold-embroidered border rests her hand over an ornate gold tray. Around it sit silver bowls and small cups, a red apple, pink flowers and burning incense sticks. Blurred figures in the foreground and right edge, including a person in white, frame the view. The shallow focus emphasises the brass-gold tray and the clear vessels of offerings.2011-02-17 +1 copiesDecember 05 20112011-12-05September 15 20112011-09-15November 15 20102010-11-15Close photo of a puja offering arrangement: a bare foot in the lower left, tan skin, with an orange sleeve of a robe at the edge, is set on a gold plate among silver bowls and trays. Pink lotus flowers with gold beaded garlands rest on the plate, with white jasmine-like flowers, a white coconut and a ceremonial brass vessel nearby. Blurred figures in orange, blue and yellow clothing sit at the top and right edge.2010-10-24 +1 copiesClose-up of a padapuja-style offering: a pair of bare feet in the foreground, wrapped in orange cloth at the ankles, rests on a golden tray surrounded by silver bowls and plates. Pink lotus flowers with a gold-and-beaded garland lie among the silver vessels, and there are apples, white flower petals, a silver conch-shaped vessel and a silver ladle. The person's feet are partly visible, with no face shown.2010-11-19