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Close photograph of a seated person's bare feet being worshipped during a padapuja-style ritual. The foot, with a white lace anklet, rests on a red patterned cushion beside a red silk garment with gold border. Above, a hand holds a gold-coloured box with small items, and to the left a person in white clothing with gold border and a braided dark hair shows part of their face. a person appearance is not determinable from the visible limbs and clothing.

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Close-up photograph of a bare foot resting on a golden ornate throne base, draped with a deep red velvet cushion and garlanded with red and yellow flowers and a pink lotus. The foot wears a gold ankle ornament. Beside it, a seated person in white dhoti and fabric with hands resting on the carpet. A red and blue patterned rug lies on the floor. The foot belongs to a person wearing a saffron-orange robe, with the figure seated on the throne, a person depiction context but the face and figure are not visible, so identity is uncertain.2016-10-11December 12 20162016-12-12December 26 20132013-12-26December 12 20162016-12-12Close-up photograph of a pair of bare feet resting on a red velvet cushion placed on an ornate gold-coloured base. The feet show a dark, dusty or ash-like coating and light smears of powder. Above them a striped red-and-gold garment is visible, and to the left a white striped cloth covers a leg. The surrounding framing focuses only on the feet, with no other faces visible.2009-12-22Close-up photo of a seated figure's bare feet resting on a red cloth covered with scattered white rice and a few petals and grains. The figure wears a red-orange silk garment with a gold zari border. A devotee's hand, adorned with a gold bangle and holding a white cloth bundle, reaches toward the feet. Ornate gold-carved throne armrests frame the scene. No face is visible, so the person cannot be confirmed as a person.2015-07-31May 24 20162016-05-24November 14 20102010-11-14October 11 20162016-10-11Close-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.2015-09-05A seated figure in a magenta and gold-bordered garment sits on a red and gold cushioned throne, with green leaves at its base. A bald man in a white t-shirt, blue-and-white shorts and a wooden rudraksha mala kneels and bends forward to touch or attend to the seated figure's feet. Another person in white sits in the background. Only the seated figure's lower body and the kneeling man are fully visible, and the setting appears to be a ritual padapuja-style honouring.2011-07-18Close-up photo of a seated person's bare foot resting on the floor beside an ornate gilded throne base with dark red velvet cushion. The foot wears a gold anklet with decorative clasp. The figure wears a rust-orange garment with gold border. Garlands of red roses, white flowers, yellow marigolds and a pink lotus drape the throne. Beside it, a person in white clothing with a gold border kneels on a red and blue patterned carpet, a hand touching the white cloth.2016-10-11