Close photo of a padapuja ritual at the feet of a person in an orange saffron garment with gold border. A woman in a cream sari with a blue-thread necklace and gold bangles pours water from a silver vessel over the feet, while another person in a teal blue top and a figure in white handle silver bowls, a red apple and pink and white flower petals in a gold tray. Partial view of the seated people. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close photo of a padapuja ritual at the feet of a person in an orange saffron garment with gold border. A woman in a cream sari with a blue-thread necklace and gold bangles pours water from a silver vessel over the feet, while another person in a teal blue top and a figure in white handle silver bowls, a red apple and pink and white flower petals in a gold tray. Partial view of the seated people.

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November 26 2011

Close photograph of a padapuja ritual. Bare feet in orange robes rest on silver trays heaped with white flower petals, and a woman's hand, wearing gold bangles, pours water from a small silver vessel over the feet. Pink roses and red apples sit in silver bowls around the feet. Other silver bowls and a partly visible person in a green sari and another in yellow, one holding a silver cup, appear at the edges. The feet belong to a person in saffron robes, whose identity is not established by appearance alone.

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Close view of a padapuja ritual on a golden tray: a seated figure in an orange saffron garment with gold border has bare feet resting on the tray, while a woman in cream and gold sari and another in a teal blouse drop white flowers and petals from small silver bowls. Pink and white flowers, orange marigold petals, small brass bowls and a golden plate fill the foreground. A man in white clothing is partly visible at the left edge. The feet and flower offerings are the focus.

A photograph of a padapuja ritual. A man in a white kurta with a dark cord around his neck washes the bare feet of a seated person, whose toes rest on a bed of flower petals in red, orange and pink. Ornate gold trays hold silver bowls, a conch-like shell and more petals. Other hands in orange, yellow and saffron sleeves and gold bangles reach into the scene, and out-of-focus heads frame the foreground.

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Close photo of a padapuja-style foot ritual. Several hands pour water from silver cups and bowls over a bare foot resting on a golden tray. A person in an orange saffron garment sits at right, wearing gold bangles, and a person in white clothing with a white sleeve reaches in from top left. Silver vessels, white flower petals, a pink flower, and green leaves surround the tray. Water runs down the foot onto the tray. Several people's hands are visible, with one at left wearing rings and bangles.

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November 20 2011

Close-up photo of a ritual offering with several pairs of hands holding small silver cups and pouring liquid into a large silver tray filled with silver bowls, a red apple, pink flower petals and a yellow heap of grains. A person in an orange garment with gold border, possibly a sannyasi's robe, stands at left with bare feet near the tray. Other people in white and cream clothing, gold bangles and a rudraksha-like bead necklace stand around the offering, with one person's hands clasped at lower left. The setting suggests a puja or abhishekam offering.

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