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Outdoor pada-puja at a shrine under trees. A priest in a purple dhoti and red-gold shawl, with rudraksha malas on his neck and arms, holds a lit camphor aarti flame in a silver lamp and a bell while facing a deity murti draped in purple cloth and garlanded with flowers. A second attendant in white ritual clothes with a white forehead band stands behind him holding a tray of offerings. A heap of red flowers lies at the base of the shrine.

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A priest in a purple dhoti with a red-and-gold shawl and a rudraksha mala performs aarti with a lit camphor lamp in a silver holder and a handbell in his other hand, before a deity murti draped in purple cloth, framed by garlands in yellow, red and green. Red offerings are heaped at the base. Behind him an assistant in white clothes and a white forehead marking holds a tray of flowers and offerings. The setting is an open outdoor shrine among trees, labelled as a pada-puja at the Bidadi temple.2011-12-14December 14 20112011-12-14Outdoors among trees, a man in a violet dhoti-style garment with a red-and-gold shawl and rudraksha mala necklaces and armlets performs aarti with a silver lamp and bell toward a black stone deity murti. The murti is draped in purple cloth, framed by an arched shrine decorated with colourful garlands, and sits atop a mound of red flowers. A small oil lamp burns nearby. The scene suggests a padapuja offering.2011-12-14Outdoor temple scene with a dark stone deity murti draped in a purple cloth and framed by a garland arch of yellow, red and green flowers. In front, a heap of red flower offerings sits on the ground. A man stands at right in a purple dhoti-style garment with a red and gold shawl, wearing a rudraksha mala at his neck and arm bands, holding a silver aarti lamp with a lit flame and a silver bell during pada puja. Trees and dry foliage fill the background.2011-12-14Outdoor photograph of a man performing aarti with a silver lamp flame beside a deity shrine decorated with colourful garlands. He has long dark hair in a bun, bare upper arm, and wears a purple garment with a red-and-gold bordered wrap, with rudraksha malas around his neck and arms. In his other hand he holds a silver bell. Blurred trees and dry ground fill the background, and red flowers lie at the lower left.2011-12-14December 12 20112011-12-12 +1 copiesDecember 14 20112011-12-14A photograph of a priest performing an aarti with a silver oil lamp (diya) in front of a large banyan tree with aerial roots. The priest, standing at left, wears a purple dhoti-style garment with a gold-bordered cloth, a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, and gold arm bands, with a red tilak on his forehead. He holds the flaming lamp in both hands, eyes lowered. A small white-clad figure is partly visible at the left edge. Stone platforms surround the tree base, and a garland of white and red flowers hangs on the trunk at right. A small blue sign is visible near the base.2011-12-14December 13 20112011-12-13A man in a red and purple sacred garment performs an aarti with a silver lamp holding a flame, outdoors among trees. He wears layered rudraksha malas around his neck and wrists, and his hair is tied in a bun. Visible at left are colourful garlands and a red cloth near a deity murti, and smoke rises from the flame.2011-12-14December 26 20102010-12-26December 12 20112011-12-12