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A photo of a padapuja-style ritual on a paved courtyard. A woman with long dreadlocked hair, wearing an orange top and orange skirt, kneels and washes or anoints the bare feet of a man in white clothes with a saffron sash. Brass kalasha pots and small offering bowls sit around the floor, with yellow flowers and green leaves scattered beside the feet. Several other people in orange robes kneel nearby, and more people in white stand at the edges of the frame. A faint Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam logo appears in the corner.

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A photograph of a devotee kneeling on a tiled floor washing or anointing a bare foot of a standing person in white dhoti and white shirt with a stripe of red-orange sash, during a padapuja-style ritual. The kneeling woman has long light blond dreadlocks tied back, wears an orange robe and a red-orange band, and holds a small brass vessel. Nearby, several other orange-robed devotees kneel beside brass kalasha pots, with turmeric, kumkum and green leaves on the floor.2017-02-23Close view of devotees performing padapuja on a brick-tiled courtyard floor covered with green banana leaves. A man in white dhoti and shawl with orange-bordered cloth stands with bare feet on a leaf, and a woman in orange saree with rudraksha mala kneels beside him, placing flowers from a red-and-white floral plate onto his feet. Other men in white dhotis and orange shawls and a bare-chested man in orange dhoti kneel and bend nearby, with flowers and red kumkum visible on the leaves.2016-12-12 +1 copiesDecember 22 20162016-12-22 +1 copiesA woman in an orange sari with a white forehead mark kneels on a stone floor washing a bare foot of a man in white dhoti with a gold border. She pours water from a brass pot while on a green banana leaf sprinkled with yellow flower petals, beside small bowls of orange and red powder. Milk-white liquid spreads over the floor. Another man in white dhoti stands at right with bare feet. This is a padapuja-style foot-washing ritual.2017-02-23A night-time ritual on a stone-paved courtyard. A woman in orange robes and a white forehead marking kneels at the centre, placing a brass vessel and a small brass dish on a green leaf beside a white chalk or rangoli line. Around her, men in white dhotis with gold borders stand barefoot, and other brass pots and offerings sit on the ground. Strings of coloured lights glow in the background, and orange cloth hangs at the left edge.2017-02-23A photograph of a temple ritual on a tiled floor with green banana leaves laid out. Men in white dhotis with yellow borders stand with bare feet on the leaves, and their feet are being marked with turmeric or kumkum. A woman in orange robes with a rudraksha mala kneels and holds a brass plate of red flowers and offerings toward a leaf. Other people in orange and white clothes kneel and bow along the row, and a man in orange with a bare chest kneels at left. A woman in orange kneels at the centre beside a leaf. This appears to be a padapuja, a ritual of honouring the feet, with devotees in orange and white. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person.2016-12-12 +1 copiesFebruary 23 20172017-02-23February 23 20172017-02-23A woman in orange sari kneels at lower left, pouring milk and pouring from a brass vessel onto the feet of a standing man in white dhoti with a gold border. Brass pots of milk and water sit on the tiled floor beside a green banana leaf, and yellow flower petals are scattered on the wet white-painted ground. Another person in orange stands at the right edge. The scene appears to be a padapuja or ritual foot-washing with abhishekam offerings.2017-02-23A photograph of a ritual scene on a tiled floor with banana leaves laid out. A woman with light blonde hair, wearing an orange sari with a maroon border and a brown rudraksha mala, kneels on the right holding a brass plate of sliced fruit and offerings. Beside her, several people in orange robes and white dhotis stand barefoot on green leaves, one bending to place red flower petals and fruit on a leaf. Other devotees in orange and white are partly visible at the edges. The setting appears to be a temple courtyard during a puja.2016-12-12 +1 copiesDecember 22 20162016-12-22 +1 copiesFebruary 23 20172017-02-23