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A photograph of a padapuja ritual at close range. A seated figure wearing a rust-orange dhoti with gold border, bare-legged and wearing gold bangles, has feet being attended to. A long white jasmine garland with red and green flower accents hangs from the figure's lap. Around the feet, several men in white shirts and white dhotis kneel or lean in, one pouring liquid from a glass vessel, others holding brass plates and small bowls of offerings. Behind the feet is a striped leopard-print cushion and a dark wooden seat with ornate carved edges. A man in a white shirt at the upper left pours from a glass, and a bare-shouldered man in a white cloth with a gold border kneels in the foreground.

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December 22 20122012-12-22December 22 20122012-12-22December 22 20122012-12-22A photograph of a padapuja on a raised platform draped with a leopard-print cloth. A figure in a saffron-orange dhoti with a gold border stands with feet adorned by a white jasmine garland with red and green flowers. Several people in white kurtas and dhotis kneel around the feet, one pouring liquid from a small vessel, others holding silver puja plates with flowers, fruits and oil lamps. The figure's gold bangles are visible at the top. Only the feet and lower legs of the central figure are visible, and the central figure's face and upper body are not shown.2012-12-22April 28 20142014-04-28Photograph of a padapuja ritual in a temple-style hall. A seated figure in a rust-orange dhoti with gold border and orange-gold shawl, adorned with gold necklaces and rudraksha beads and wrist bands, sits on a brown bolster-lined throne draped with a leopard-print cloth. Their bare feet rest in a silver plate heaped with marigold and orange flowers, and a long white jasmine garland with red rudraksha-like beads hangs from the shoulder down to the feet. A man in white kurta with an orange-beaded mala sits on the left holding a silver bowl, while another person in white sits below at lower right holding a silver cup of offerings.2012-12-22December 22 20122012-12-22December 22 20122012-12-22July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 03 20142014-07-03December 22 20122012-12-22A golden throne draped with a tiger-striped cloth dominates the left side, where a seated figure in orange-brown robes with a gold-bordered sash and a red-and-white flower garland is partly visible, feet resting on the platform. In front, a round golden tray holds many silver bowls of fruit, flowers and sweets with red blossoms. Around it sit several women in orange and saffron clothing with rudraksha malas; one man in a white kurta and glasses sits near the centre, and a woman in white with beads sits behind him. The setting is a dark room with a carved wooden door on the right.2013-08-19