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A close photograph of a woman in a teal and maroon blouse with a floral-embroidered garment bending forward to touch her forehead to bare feet resting on a red velvet cushion. The feet belong to a person in an orange robe with a gold-bordered edge. The scene suggests a respectful padapuja or foot-touching gesture of devotion, with the robed person seated and the woman bowed low.

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July 19 20152015-07-19 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of bare feet resting on a red velvet cushion, with pink rose petals scattered around them and a pink flower placed at the feet. A person in a rust-orange garment with a gold border sits on the left, and a hand rests on the knee at top right. Red and cream patterned floor carpets surround the cushion. Visible cues do not establish a person candidate; no face is shown.2015-07-19 +1 copiesClose-up photo of a padapuja ritual: a man in orange-saffron dhoti with white border and red sacred thread on his wrist kneels and washes or anoints the bare foot of a seated person draped in a rust-red garment with gold border. He holds a red-cloth-wrapped object and wears a silver wristwatch and rings. Fresh white and red flower petals lie on a red cushion with gold trim. Only the feet, hands and garments are visible, so no face or identity can be determined; the seated person's role is not shown.2015-09-05July 31 20152015-07-31July 19 20152015-07-19 +1 copiesA close photograph of a young girl with short dark hair and a white embroidered top bowing forward to touch the bare feet of a seated figure. The figure wears an orange and maroon garment and sits on a red cushion, with a brass-edged low platform beneath. The girl's hands rest on the feet in a gesture of reverence, a padapuja-style act of devotion. Only the feet and lower garment of the seated person are visible. The visible person is partially shown; no face or distinctive headwear is visible, so the seated figure's identity cannot be established from the image.2006-10-21May 20 20162016-05-20A photograph of a devotee in a grey and white checked shirt bowing deeply with palms pressed together, his forehead lowered toward the feet of a seated figure. The seated person wears an orange-saffron robe with yellow trim and a red and white floral garland at the shoulder, and their bare feet are visible at the lower right. A reddish cloth-covered seat and a second bare foot are visible at the bottom of the frame, with a dark wooden surface and floral fabric behind. The devotee's bowed posture suggests padapuja-style reverence, but the seated figure's face is not visible and no clear appearance-based identification is made.2015-07-19Close-up photograph of a pair of bare feet, soles turned toward the camera, emerging from beneath the hem of a rust-red cloth with a gold zari border. The figure is seated on a rust-red velvet cushion or seat, and the cloth drapes in soft folds across the upper frame. No face or hands are visible, and no other people, objects or setting details can be seen beyond a blurred warm backdrop.2018-05-22May 12 20152015-05-12August 04 20142014-08-04December 12 20162016-12-12