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Close-up photograph of bare feet standing on a rectangular stone block coated with yellow turmeric paste, a ritual padapuja-style gesture. Two people are visible only from the knees down, wearing white dhotis with wide golden-orange borders. The polished white floor is scattered with yellow turmeric powder, and blurred yellow flowers or fruit appear in the foreground bottom edge.

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April 23 20132013-04-23April 23 20132013-04-23April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesApril 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesClose photo of a woman's bare feet standing on a rough golden-yellow stone block during a padapuja. She wears a red sari with green and gold zari border. A man in white ritual clothes with a gold-bordered dhoti sits on an orange cloth, holding and washing her left foot with his hands. He wears a red thread on his wrist and a bangle. Red flower petals lie on the floor, and a garland of white jasmine and red flowers hangs at the upper right. Seated devotees in white sit behind on the floor, and a purple cloth lies beneath the stone.2010-12-23December 23 20102010-12-23Photograph of a padapuja-style foot ritual in an ashram hall with orange-tinted walls. In the foreground, a woman in a red silk sari with green and gold border stands with bare feet on a golden stone block, her hand holding the sari and bangles on her wrist, a white and red flower garland around her neck. A man seated on an orange cloth, wearing white dhoti and shawl with yellow edging and a white jasmine and red flower garland, reaches toward her feet with his hand. Several seated devotees in white and yellow clothing watch from the left background, and a red-and-gold throne is visible at the back. Petals lie on the floor.2010-12-23December 12 20162016-12-12 +1 copiesDecember 23 20102010-12-23Close photo of a bare-footed woman in a maroon sari with gold zari border standing with her feet on a yellow-brown stone block, while a man in a grey sweatshirt, a white flower garland and a black wristwatch kneels and holds her foot. Orange cloth and scattered red petals lie on the floor, with brass bowls of offerings and stacked yellow sweets behind. The scene appears to be a padapuja-style foot-washing ritual. No face of a person is visible; the kneeling man is only partly shown.2010-12-23December 22 20162016-12-22December 12 20162016-12-12 +1 copies