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A padapuja-style ritual in a decorated room. An elderly woman with white hair, wearing a white sari with gold border, kneels and pours liquid from a small vessel over the feet of a seated figure dressed in saffron-orange cloth, while she holds a brass plate with fruit and offerings. Garlands of white flowers and red blooms lie beside the feet. Behind her, a young man in a white dhoti with gold border sits with a rudraksha mala, and several young men in orange robes with rudraksha malas sit watching. A shaved-headed man in orange and a woman in a purple sari sit at the left edge, with pink and orange flower petals on the floor.

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July 04 20142014-07-04Devotional padapuja scene in a seated gathering. An elderly woman in a white sari with gold border kneels at lower left, reaching toward a brass plate of flowers, fruit and garland-wrapped offerings. Another older woman in white sits behind her. In the centre, a seated figure in a deep orange-red robe has bare feet extended onto the plate while devotees touch them. Behind, several young men in orange robes and rudraksha malas sit in rows, and a seated young man in white dhoti with gold border and a white shawl rests his hands together. A white-clad man with a shaved head sits at upper left. Pink floral cloth lies on the floor and a metal stand stands at right.2014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesIndoor photo of a padapuja ritual in a tiled room with a floral-patterned mat. A seated figure in a red-brown robe with a gold border, wearing rudraksha and white flower garlands and gold armlets, has bare feet extended; a woman in a white sari with a flower in her hair and a grey-haired woman in a pink-red sari are washing or offering to the feet from a brass tray with fruit and a small oil lamp. A man in white clothes with a white shawl and tilak sits behind, and a shaved-headed young monk in orange with a rudraksha mala sits nearby. Standing figures in white and orange are at the left edge, and an orange basket of red apples and a fan appear at right.2014-07-01July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesJune 26 20142014-06-26June 27 20142014-06-27A photograph of a padapuja-style ritual indoors in a room with yellow walls. A bare-chested figure seated at right wears saffron and rust-coloured cloth, a large garland of red roses, white jasmine and green leaves, and rudraksha beads; he holds a tall silver staff with a metal finial and smiles with eyes closed. In front of him a young woman in white with gold jewellery kneels and washes his feet from a brass vessel over a silver tray holding fruit and flowers. Around them devotees stand or kneel with palms joined, including a woman in a white sari with a red border, young men in white and orange, and a youth in orange with rudraksha beads. Some people in the background wear orange and saffron garments and white dhotis. The scene appears to be a devotional foot-washing ceremony with visible flowers, fruit and water vessel.2014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 07 20142014-07-07 +2 copies