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A photo of a foot-washing ritual inside a decorated room with gold-framed red velvet seating behind. A seated elder woman in orange robes and a red-and-yellow floral garland receives padapuja from a younger person in reddish-brown cloth, wearing a dark rudraksha mala and sacred ash markings, who holds a lit oil lamp in one hand while pouring from a steel vessel over the elder's feet. A man in the background wears an orange shawl, and a tray holds green fruit, coconut halves and flower petals on a colourful striped mat. The scene shows a worship offering of padapuja with an oil lamp.

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A seated elderly sadhu in saffron-orange robes and a flower garland is having his feet washed in a metal plate by a younger man with bare upper body, rudraksha mala and tilak, wearing a red-orange dhoti and red shawl. The younger man holds a small oil lamp beside the plate. Behind them a red-orange tufted sofa with gold trim and a man in a dark jacket sit in the background, with a gold-framed throne-like seat at right and a striped cloth beneath. The scene resembles a padapuja foot-washing ritual.2015-09-14A padapuja ritual indoors on a patterned floor mat. An elderly woman in orange robes and a red-and-yellow flower garland sits on the left, her feet resting in a silver plate while a man behind her holds a small vessel. On the right, a man bare-chested with a rudraksha mala and gold ornaments, wearing a red dhoti with a gold border, sits on a cushioned orange chair, his hand over an oil lamp whose flame is lit beside the plate. Coconuts, bananas and wooden sandals sit on a low stool at right, and an ornate gold orange sofa and patterned curtain frame the scene.2015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14A photograph of a ritual inside a room with gold-framed orange velvet chairs and patterned purple curtains. An elderly woman in an orange saffron robe with a dark rudraksha mala sits on the left, holding an oil lamp with a flame over a silver plate of marigold and rose petals. Across from her, a younger man in a maroon-and-gold dhoti and shawl wears a gold bead necklace and a tilak, extending his hands over the flame. Coconuts and fruit sit on the floor beside a striped carpet. A third man in the background watches. A ritual offering, possibly aarti, is taking place.2015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14 +1 copiesSeptember 14 20152015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14A photograph of a ritual padapuja inside a tent-like setting. In the foreground, an elderly seated sadhu in saffron-orange robes and a red and yellow flower garland sits with bare feet being washed or honoured. A younger man kneels before him in a brown-maroon dhoti and a beaded rudraksha mala, with white ash markings on his arms, pouring or sprinkling flower petals over the feet. Behind them is a red tufted velvet seat with gold trim, and a tray with coconut halves, bananas and mangoes sits on a striped cloth at lower right. Another man in orange stands partly visible at the top. The scene reads as a devotional foot-worship ceremony.2015-09-14A photograph of a ritual padapuja inside a room with red, gold-framed orange velvet sofas and maroon curtains. An elderly man with grey hair, wearing an orange robe and a red and yellow marigold garland, sits on a striped rug with his bare foot extended over a metal tray of rose petals. A young priest in maroon clothing and a gold rudraksha mala kneels and pours petals from a glass bowl, while a second man in a maroon shawl sits behind. A tray of coconuts, mangoes and flowers and two wooden sandals sit nearby.2015-09-14A photograph of a ritual scene indoors in front of gold-framed orange velvet thrones and a maroon curtain. An elderly woman in orange saffron robes and a red-and-yellow marigold garland sits on a striped mat, bowing her head over a brass plate of rose petals and flowers. Beside her a man in a dark red-brown robe holds a small metal vessel. On the right a shirtless man with a white-smeared chest, a rudraksha mala with a thick rudraksha necklace and a red shawl sits with a small brass dish in his hand, as an open flame burns in the foreground. Fruit and flower offerings lie on the floor.2015-09-14Two seated men in saffron robes perform a ritual before a lit oil lamp with a flower-covered object in the foreground. On the left, an older man with grey swept-back hair, orange shawl and rudraksha mala holds a yellow flower and reaches toward the flame. On the right, a younger man with a painted forehead, a gold-and-bead necklace and orange robes holds a lit lamp near flowers. A third man in a brown-orange garment sits in the background between ornate gold-framed orange velvet chairs. The setting is a draped room with a striped floor mat.2015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14