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Close top-down photo of a pair of black rubber flip-flop sandals placed on a golden-yellow cloth on a round brass or silver tray. The sandals are decorated with fresh magenta hibiscus flowers, red rose petals, a white flower with yellow centre, small green leaves and a yellow leaf, arranged as a padapuja offering. A small wooden or brown ceramic cup sits near the flowers. No people are visible; the sandals are the ritual focus, indicating a padapuja-style devotional offering.

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KAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 11/2/20212021-11-02KAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 5/14/20212021-05-14A photograph of a pair of black rubber flip-flop sandals with a brown leather strap sitting on a brass tray over a bright orange silk cloth, decorated with pink and red hibiscus flowers, rose petals, yellow and white daisies, green leaves and grass blades. The arrangement of flowers on the footwear is a ritual offering of sandals, a padukapuja display. No people are visible, and no a person is shown.2021-06-05A pair of wooden sandals, the paduka of a guru, rests on a brass plate and is heavily decorated with fresh flowers. Red hibiscus, pink and magenta blooms, yellow marigold-like flowers, and green leaves are arranged over the dark footbed and tan straps. The plate sits on a dark red wooden surface in warm light. No people are visible.2021-05-17Overhead photograph of a padukapuja offering: a pair of black rubber sandals placed on a brass plate over a gold silk cloth. Red hibiscus and yellow flowers, white jasmine-like blossoms, green leaves and small terracotta cups are arranged on and around the sandals as offerings. No people or a person appear in the image.2021-07-04A photograph of a pair of dark rubber sandals laid on a brass plate over a golden-orange silk cloth, decorated with fresh flowers. Pink rose petals, red and pink hibiscus blooms, a large yellow-orange flower, white blossoms, purple flowers and green leaves and grass blades are arranged across the sandals, with two terracotta bangle-like rings resting on them. This appears to be a padukapuja offering of flowers to footwear, and the image shows only objects with no people visible.2021-05-27Overhead photo of a pair of dark sandals placed on a brass tray over a bright orange-red cloth. The sandals are heaped with pink, magenta and red flower petals, green leaves, small yellow and white blossoms, and marigold-yellow petals, with two small clay cups holding saffron-coloured paste. The flower-covered sandals represent padukapuja, a ritual honouring the sacred footwear of a guru, and no people are visible in the scene.2021-05-12KAILASA MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA on 2/17/20222022-02-17KAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 5/22/20212021-05-22KAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 6/2/00212021-06-02A top-down photograph of flower offerings arranged on a brass plate over a deep red cloth. Red hibiscus blossoms, pink petals, yellow flowers, a marigold centre and white blooms are heaped around a terracotta bowl and a black rubber slipper, with thin green grass blades and leaves among them. The arrangement resembles a padukapuja offering of flowers placed on footwear, with no visible people.2021-07-09KAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 5/23/20212021-05-23