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Close-up photo of a ritual in progress: bare feet of a person wearing a saffron-orange dhoti or robe with a yellow-orange border stand on a blue-and-black floral cloth scattered with orange marigold petals. A tall silver incense or camphor burner stands beside them, emitting smoke, while a hand holding a silver vessel or ladle pours or offers near its base. Only the lower body and hands of the people are visible, so no faces appear. Scattered petals and smoke suggest a puja or aarti offering.

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A close-up photograph of a padapuja ritual: a person in an orange robe with gold border stands on a gold-covered platform, bare feet visible. A hand at left holds a silver oil lamp with a lit flame. In front of the feet is a silver tray with an elephant-head spout holding yellow and white flowers, petals and a pink blossom. Golden drapery and an ornate gold frame fill the background. Only the lower body and feet are shown, so the figure's identity cannot be determined from the image.2009-08-18Photograph of a padapuja ritual on a patterned dark mat with teal floral motif. A bare foot in an orange-saffron dhoti with yellow border rests on a brass footprint-shaped plate. Marigold petals are scattered across the mat. A silver oil lamp with a flame is held by a hand at lower right, and white-clad and orange-clad devotees sit at the edges. The figure's face is not visible, so no identification is made.2013-02-13March 16 20132013-03-16November 07 20102010-11-07Close view of a puja offering being made: a person in an orange-saffron garment with bare feet stands beside a brass tray of flowers, white petals, and sweets, while another hand holds a silver dish with lit incense sticks sending up smoke. Silver and glass bowls hold more offerings, and pink flowers lie on a gold-coloured cloth. A second person's hand, wearing a bangle, holds a silver vessel at right. No readable a person depiction is visible; the orange-clad figure appears to be a devotee assisting the ritual, so no candidate is confirmed.2010-11-08Close-up photograph of a padapuja ritual: bare feet in an orange robe with a maroon edge rest on a golden tray, while a hand pours water over them from a silver vessel. Nearby silver and gilt plates hold white flowers, green leaves, and a lit oil lamp with a small flame. Blurred hands and figures surround the tray in the background. The feet belong to a person in orange clothing; the other hands and people are partly visible at the edges.2010-11-07August 15 20092009-08-15November 07 20102010-11-07January 08 20122012-01-08A close photograph of a silver aarti lamp held in a person's hand, its wick flaming above a small cup with a curled, ornamental stand. The bearer wears a reddish-pink sleeve in the foreground, and behind them a figure in orange robes stands before a gold-decorated shrine or altar edge. A wisp of smoke drifts at the left and a white-clad devotee's shoulder appears at the lower right.2010-08-21A photograph of a ritual where a seated person in orange and saffron robes holds a silver aarti lamp with a burning flame in one hand and a silver bell in the other. The robes have gold-green borders and the person wears a beaded orange-and-gold mala around the neck. Before them are brass bowls, a copper vessel of pink and white flower petals, yellow flowers, and small oil lamps on a ritual cloth.2012-01-08A padapuja ritual shown in close view: a pair of bare feet wrapped in orange-red robes rests on a silver plate filled with pink flower petals, green leaves and small gold-topped objects. A silver oil lamp with a lit flame is held by a hand from the left, wearing white clothing and a bangle. Golden carved ornamentation of a throne or dais frames the scene behind, with pink petals scattered on the gold base below. The plate has an elephant-head handle on the right.2009-08-15