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Devotees bow deeply with their heads lowered toward the feet of standing men on a concrete floor. Two women in the foreground, one in a white top with a green-bordered cloth and one in an orange garment, bend forward with hands folded. Behind them, barefoot men in white kurta-style clothing and orange or brown lower garments stand on large green leaves placed on the ground, as in a padapuja. A man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala is visible at right, and a person in a white shirt with a wristwatch stands at the edge of the frame. The scene suggests a devotional foot-worship ritual performed during a procession.

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A photograph of a padapuja-style foot-washing scene on a concrete floor. A woman in a white embroidered salwar with an orange blouse and a rudraksha mala bends forward, pouring water from a silver vessel over the bare feet of a seated devotee. The feet rest on a green leaf mat. Beside them, another person in white clothing stands with bare feet on a banana-leaf mat. Beside the leaf mat, a second devotee's bare feet are visible, all arranged for the ritual washing of feet.2009-02-13February 13 20092009-02-13February 13 20092009-02-13February 13 20092009-02-13February 13 20092009-02-13February 13 20092009-02-13February 13 20092009-02-13February 13 20092009-02-13Outdoor photo on a rooftop at dawn with palm trees and low buildings behind. Several devotees in white ritual clothes are gathered, most kneeling or bending forward at floor level near a silver vessel. A gray-haired man in white with a beaded necklace and a woman in a yellow shawl and white sari stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. A man in the foreground in white with an orange cloth bends to pour or touch something from a metal pot. Other attendants in white, one in a red headscarf holding a small steel bowl, and a staff member in a white shirt with a blue lanyard observe nearby. Padapuja and annadan procession activity appears to be taking place.2009-02-13February 13 20092009-02-13February 13 20092009-02-13February 13 20092009-02-13