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Close-up photo of a puja offering being made at a silver tray. Two hands in the foreground hold a silver vessel and pour or offer water over pink lotus flowers, with a cut apple and white flower petals arranged in silver bowls. At right, an arm in an orange saffron garment reaches toward the tray, and a gold ornament with a rudraksha-style bead hangs at the top of the frame. Small gold oil lamps and a bowl of white petals sit among the offerings, with a second pink lotus near the centre.

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Close photo of a pada puja offering at the Bidadi temple. Hands in the foreground hold a pink and cream lotus over a silver tray, with a silver vessel and a red apple on a silver plate in the lower right. A person in an orange robe sits at the right edge, and another person in white garments with a large golden pendant is blurred at the top. Silver bowls with white flowers and a small golden kalasha-style vessel sit on the tray. The offering is shown in an intimate ritual setting.2010-11-02November 18 20102010-11-18 +2 copiesA close photograph of a padapuja-style foot ritual. Two bare feet of a seated person rest on a golden tray, while several hands pour water from silver vessels and hold pink lotus flowers over them. A person in an orange saffron garment is at the right, with ceremonial bangles on the wrist; a white-clad person's arm and hands appear at the top and left, and more silver bowls, white flowers and marigold petals surround the tray.2010-10-15Close-up photo of a padapuja, the washing of feet ritual. A bare foot rests on a gold tray in the lower left, while hands pour water from a small silver cup over it. The person being honoured wears orange-saffron cloth draped at the ankle. Pink lotus flowers, white petals, and silver bowls holding offerings and a red apple surround the tray. Visible hands belong to attendants in white clothing, with a braided red and white wristband on one wrist. Only hands and feet are visible, so the scene shows no identifiable face.2011-09-15November 18 20102010-11-18 +1 copiesOctober 29 20102010-10-29November 13 20102010-11-13Close-up photo of a padapuja ritual at a person event. Several hands reach into a large polished brass tray filled with pink lotus blossoms, white flowers and sliced fruit. A woman with a long dark braid in the foreground, partly blurred, wears an orange garment. One bare arm wears gold bangles and a ring, and metal bowls holding an apple and white petals sit on the tray's edges. The scene suggests offerings and devotees' hands at a puja, with no clearly visible face of any central figure.2010-11-02Close-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.2010-11-19Close photograph of a ritual offering being prepared on silver and gold trays. A hand wearing a gold bangle and a ring reaches over silver bowls holding white flowers, rice and a sliced red apple. A second arm in gold bangles, wearing orange clothing with a gold border, reaches in from the right. In the foreground a hand holds a pink flower, and a person with dark hair is partly visible at the lower right. Only hands, arms and the top of one head are visible, so no face is shown.2010-11-12Close-up photograph of a ritual abhishekam. Hands in silver bangles and rings pour liquid from a silver vessel over a golden object, and another hand holds a silver cup with pink rose petals. Pink roses and white flowers lie on a silver tray. A figure in orange robes is visible at the right edge, but no face is shown. The scene is a temple-style puja offering, with silver and gold vessels and rose petals as the main items.2010-10-29November 12 20102010-11-12