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Close-up of a golden ceremonial scene: an ornate gilded altar or palanquin edge with repousse floral and scroll patterns. A person's arm in a gold bangle reaches down to place or adjust flowers on a gold-rimmed bowl, while a large silver-metal vessel with pitcher-style spout sits at left beside a heap of purple and pink flowers. Only the forearm, hand, and the lower part of a maroon or wine-coloured garment are visible, along with a gold-tone statue or figure's foot and hand at the top right. The person's face and body are not shown, so no appearance-based identification of a person is possible. Pad-puja flower offering setting.

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Close-up photograph of a pair of bare feet standing on an ornate golden pedestal or peetha, with a fine rose-petal scatter on the base. The figure wears a deep maroon dhoti or lower garment, and a gold-coloured kalasha or vessel stands to the left near a garland of pink flowers. The gilded throne frame is heavily carved with foliate scrollwork. Tinted pink backdrop. Ritual footwork photograph, with no visible face, so no person is identified.2012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08Close-up photo of a padapuja at a gilded pedestal. A priest in white dhoti and white shawl with a gold-coloured neckpiece, wearing gold bangles, reaches toward the feet of a gold-plated deity murti, placing green leaves and flower petals on the feet. He holds a silver tray with small silver bowls and a silver vessel. Beside him, a figure in an orange-saffron garment and beaded rudraksha-style necklace stands near the statue's bare feet. The foreground pedestal is ornately carved gold. Warm evening light and a dim background.2012-01-08Close-up photo of a ritual abhishekam-style offering on a gold-ornate base. A person's hands, with a gold bangle on one wrist, press a fine white powder onto a gold metal pot or kalasha-like vessel set on an elaborately carved gold tray. Only the arms and hands are visible, wearing a dark garment, against a pinkish-mauve floor. Gold ornamentation and a bright white powder dominate the frame.2012-01-08May 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesClose-up photo of a person's arm and hand, wearing a gold bangle, placing orange and red flower petals or marigold offerings at the silver base of a robed standing statue. The statue wears a draped saffron-tan cloth and stands on a gilded golden pedestal with carved floral and scroll motifs. The dark textured background suggests a temple shrine. No face is visible, so no person is identified. Ritual padapuja offering at a murti.2010-12-19 +1 copiesClose view of a silver deity murti's seated feet being bathed in a pale liquid during abhishekam, a hand with silver bangles pressing the foot. The murti wears a maroon and gold patterned cloth. Gold-painted metal frame and a flat silver tray with ring handles surround the scene. No people's faces visible; only a forearm and hand are present.2010-12-14December 19 20102010-12-19 +1 copiesClose-up photo of a padapuja ritual: a bare foot in an orange-saffron garment with gold border rests on a silver plate with pink lotus flowers and a silver elephant-spout vessel. A garland of white jasmine and pink flowers hangs from the leg. A hand with gold bangles offers flowers at the foot. The foot rests on an ornate gold-leaf pedestal with floral relief carving, with a steel bowl at the lower right.2012-06-02Close-up photo of a padapuja-style foot worship. A bare foot in a rust-red garment with a gold border rests on a silver tray holding pink lotus flowers and white jasmine garlands. A silver elephant-shaped spout is at the right. A second person's hand, wearing a silver bangle, reaches toward the foot. Behind is ornate gold-leaf carved gilded woodwork, and a golden pedestal sits in the foreground.2012-05-21 +2 copiesJune 25 20132013-06-25