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Outdoor photo on a rocky hilltop framed by green trees and a pale blue sky. A standing figure in a red dhoti-style garment with a red shawl wears long white and red flower garlands and a beaded necklace; long dark hair falls past the shoulders and the figure stands on a white cloth draped over the rock, with pink flower petals scattered at their feet. To the right, a shaved-headed attendant in orange robes bends forward holding a brass tray with flowers. Hills and a distant white building are visible in the background.

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A photograph on a hillside outdoors with green shrubs and a rocky mountain behind. A standing person in a red-pink silk garment with gold border wears long white and red flower garlands, a gold beaded necklace and a gold armlet, with a red bindi on the forehead and long dark hair. Standing barefoot on a rock, this figure is receiving a pada puja, with white powder poured over the feet. A second person in orange robes with a gold border and a gold beaded necklace leans forward, holding a brass plate of white powder and pouring it. Pink flower petals lie on the rock in the foreground.2011-05-17A standing man with long dark hair stands barefoot on a rock outcrop in a hillside setting with shrubs and rocky slopes behind him. He wears a red-pink silk dhoti with a gold border, a white and red flower garland, a gold bead necklace, a gold armlet and a bangle, and a red bindi on his forehead. A man in orange and saffron clothing with a shaved head and gold bead necklace kneels and pours white powder from a brass plate over the standing man's feet, a padapuja. Flowers lie on the rock.2011-05-17A standing man in a rose-pink silk dhoti and shawl, adorned with a white and red jasmine-and-marigold garland, a heavy gold bead necklace, and a gold armlet, stands barefoot on a flat rock outdoors. A red tilak marks his forehead. Behind him rise scrubby hills and green trees. A second man in saffron-orange robes, with a shaved head and a rudraksha mala, bends beside him, pouring or arranging yellow offerings on the stone from a metal vessel, consistent with a padapuja foot-worship ritual. Only the standing man's identity is unclear from appearance alone.2011-05-172011 - Photo AlbumMay 17 20112011-05-17May 17 20112011-05-17May 17 20112011-05-17Outdoor photo on a hillside with trees and rocky hills behind. A standing figure in a red sari and a red-and-white flower garland, long dark hair, gold necklace, stands atop a large boulder that has a white cloth and pink flower petals spread on it. A bald priest in orange ochre robe with gold borders holds a brass tray or plate beside the boulder. On the left, a man in orange robe photographs with a camera. At right, a bald man in white with gold-bordered shawl and orange-clad figures stand nearby, and a brass vessel rests on the ground. Ritual setting suggests a puja at a rock.2011-05-17May 17 20112011-05-17Outdoor photo on a rocky hilltop with a mountain behind. A woman in a red sari with white and orange flower garlands stands on a large rock with flowers scattered at her feet, hands joined before her chest. To the right, a shaved-headed man in orange robes holds a bell and a ritual plate, while two men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand nearby and a brass vessel sits on the rock. The scene reads as a puja performed on the rock with flowers and a bell.2011-05-17Outdoor photograph on a rocky hilltop under a pale blue sky with green trees and distant hills. A bald priest in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, seen from behind, holds a lit brass aarti lamp and a small vessel toward a standing figure. That figure wears a red-pink dhoti and shawl with white and orange floral garlands around the neck and shoulders, and stands on a white rock draped with pink flower petals. The scene looks like a ritual aarti offering at a hilltop shrine.2011-05-172011 - Photo Album