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Close 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.

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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 photo of a bare foot in a puja setting. A person in orange saffron robes stands at the right, with only the foot and lower orange garment visible. The foot rests on a golden tray surrounded by silver bowls and dishes holding white and pale offerings, pink roses, white flower petals, and a gold beaded garland with a small gold pendant. Silver vessels fill the foreground and background. This looks like a padapuja or foot-worship offering, though only the foot is shown. The orange robe identifies a sannyasi, but no face is visible, so the identity of the person cannot be confirmed from this image.2010-10-26Close view of bare feet on a gold-embossed metal tray during a padapuja-style ritual. The feet belong to a person wearing orange saffron cloth. Around them are silver bowls and vessels, white jasmine flowers, pink lotus-like petals, green leaves, a strand of gold beads, and a small silver dish of round yellow sweets. The scene is an offering of foot worship with floral and sweet offerings.2010-11-08Close-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.2011-01-28Close view of bare feet being bathed in a ritual padapuja setting. Two dark feet rest on a golden tray, glistening with water, while a person in an orange robe sits at the right edge. Around them are silver bowls holding yellow liquid and white flower petals, and pink lotus flowers lie on the left. The foreground is filled with more silver bowls.2010-10-30March 16 20132013-03-16Close view of a puja arrangement on a golden cloth: a person's bare feet in the upper left, wearing an orange-red garment, are seated behind rows of ornate silver bowls, cups and spouted vessels. Pink roses, white frangipani-like flowers and green leaves are heaped among them, with white petals scattered in several bowls. No face is visible and no readable name appears on the sign-free surfaces.2014-08-29May 12 20132013-05-12Close-up of a pair of bare feet resting on a bed of pink roses, white jasmine-like flowers and red blossoms, arranged on silver and gold ritual plates. Silver bowls hold saffron-coloured liquid and a silver pouring vessel with a spout sits among the blooms. The feet appear to be receiving padapuja, the ritual worship of feet with flowers. Only the feet and lower legs are visible; the person's upper body is not in frame. Gold-toned ornate metalwork and a red-and-gold cloth edge appear at the top right.2013-07-06November 15 20102010-11-15Close-up photograph of a padapuja ritual on a golden tray. Two bare feet, one bronze-toned, rest on the tray while a person in orange clothing is visible at upper right. Pink lotus blossoms, white jasmine-like flowers and a gold chain lie on the tray among silver bowls, a fruit-filled vessel and cups of water and offerings. Only the feet and orange garment are visible, so no face can be seen.2010-11-01July 07 20172017-07-07 +1 copies