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Close-up photo of a padapuja, a ritual washing of bare feet. A pair of bare feet in a maroon cloth with gold border is adorned with a garland of pink roses, red and yellow flowers. Two hands in brown and orange robes with rudraksha malas and bracelets pour liquid over the feet from a vessel, while a hand in white sleeves holds a brass tray with flowers, a green coconut or fruit and a small brass lamp. Ornate gold-patterned furniture and a rug are visible at left.

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March 06 20162016-03-06A photograph of a padapuja ritual in which bare feet resting on a folded maroon cloth are being worshipped. Pink and red roses and a garland with yellow marigolds are placed over the feet, and a small green fruit, a brass or gold-toned object and yellow and purple flowers sit on the cloth below. Several devotees in saffron-maroon and gold-bordered dhotis or shawls and rudraksha wrist malas reach in with their hands to offer flowers and fruit. A gold-patterned throne or seat is visible at left and an ornate carpet beneath. The feet belong to the seated figure whose face is not shown.2016-03-06 +1 copiesA close photograph of a padapuja-style ritual at an ornate golden throne. A bare foot wearing a red-and-pink flower garland rests on a rust-coloured cushion, while a man in a saffron-red robe with a gold border and a black rudraksha mala sits beside it, his hands near a tray of red and yellow flower petals, a small green fruit and a coin-like offering. Another robed figure in red and gold stands behind, and a person in white clothing reaches in from the lower right. The foot is visible, but the person it belongs to is not shown. The scene is a sacred offering of flowers and fruit at the feet of a seated figure.2016-03-06 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20182018-01-01January 02 20162016-01-02 +1 copiesA photograph of a devotee's hand resting on a white-wrapped bundle placed on a brass tray decorated with marigold and flower petals, in front of a seated figure wrapped in orange cloth with gold border. A man in white dhoti with orange-gold border and a rudraksha mala stands with palms joined beside a red-cushioned gold throne. The bundle is part of a set of white coconut bundles on the floor, consistent with a padapuja offering of coconuts at the feet of a seated guru on a throne. The seated figure's face is not visible in the frame.2016-01-02July 08 20172017-07-08A photograph of a padapuja on a raised platform draped with a leopard-print cloth. A figure in a saffron-orange dhoti with a gold border stands with feet adorned by a white jasmine garland with red and green flowers. Several people in white kurtas and dhotis kneel around the feet, one pouring liquid from a small vessel, others holding silver puja plates with flowers, fruits and oil lamps. The figure's gold bangles are visible at the top. Only the feet and lower legs of the central figure are visible, and the central figure's face and upper body are not shown.2012-12-22April 24 20132013-04-24July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesMarch 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20182018-01-01