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Close-up photograph of a puja offering arrangement. Hands with a silver ring hold a silver implement over pink and cream lotus flowers. Silver bowls hold white flower petals, a red apple, and small silver cups. A gold-coloured ritual vessel sits among the items. At the right edge, a figure in orange clothing is partly visible, and a blurred dark-haired person appears at the far left edge. Dressed in white clothing is a figure at the top, with a gold ornament visible. The scene suggests a padapuja or abhishekam offering setting.

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November 13 20102010-11-13Close-up photo of a ritual abhishekam. Two hands in the foreground pour liquid from silver vessels with pink lotus flowers attached, over a golden tray. Near the bottom left, a person in an orange garment sits beside the tray. The tray holds silver bowls, red apples, a pile of white shredded fruit or flower material, and small gold kalasha-like objects with lotus petals. Background is blurred with more silver and gold ritual vessels. Only partial bodies are visible, no face is shown.2010-11-09Close-up photo of a ritual offering being prepared on an ornate gold-rimmed tray. A hand holds a white conch shell with silver fittings and a silver tip, pouring from it. Other hands wearing gold bangles and rings reach toward silver bowls and a silver container filled with white flowers. Pink lotus petals and white blossoms lie on the tray. No people's faces are visible and the sari colours are cream and orange at the edges.2010-10-03November 25 20102010-11-25Close-up photograph of a ritual offering being arranged on a brass and silver tray. A bare hand wearing gold bangles and rings reaches across silver bowls holding white flowers, green leaves, a red apple and a lotus bud. In the foreground, blurred heads of two onlookers are visible, and an orange-robed arm appears at the upper right.2010-11-24Close-up photograph of a puja offering being prepared on a silver tray. A hand with gold bangles and rings holds a silver spoon or ladle over a silver plate of pink lotus flowers and fruit, with silver bowls of food and a small green leaf nearby. A person in white clothing sits at the top edge, and an orange-clad arm appears at the right. The foreground shows the blurred heads of other attendees.2010-11-13A close photograph of several pairs of hands offering pink lotus flowers and petals over silver vessels and a silver tray filled with white flower petals and fruit. Bangles and rings are visible on the wrists and fingers. One hand wears an orange sleeve, and a red apple sits at the right edge. The scene suggests a padapuja offering ritual.2010-10-16 +1 copiesNovember 13 20102010-11-13Close-up of hands during a padapuja offering. An orange-robed figure's hand on the left holds a silver pouring vessel above a silver plate. Two other pairs of hands, one wearing bangles and a ring, hold pink lotus flowers over the plate of offerings, which includes red apples, white flowers and small silver bowls on a gold-coloured tray. A blurred head of a child in a white patterned kurta appears at the top, and a dark-haired head is partially visible at the bottom left. No a person candidate is clearly visible in the frame, only orange robe fabric at the edge.2010-08-28Close 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.2010-11-02A close photograph of a puja offering being prepared on a silver-and-gold tray. A man in a white shirt with a dark beaded mala around his neck and a gold bangle and ring reaches over the table, holding a small white cloth-wrapped bundle and sprinkling green leaves and red petals onto the offering. Silver bowls hold white flowers and water, two red apples sit on silver plates, pink lotus flowers lie among the bowls, and a gold lamp stands at the back. A partly visible person in a dark head covering sits at the right edge, and another hand rests at the left.2011-09-15Close 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.2010-11-12