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Close-up photograph of a padapuja offering on a gold-coloured tray. Hands from above sprinkle white jasmine flowers, and a bare foot rests on the right beside a pile of white blossoms. Silver bowls hold milk-like liquid and petals, a red apple sits among them, and a pink lotus blossom rests at the top. A small silver vessel and a brass kalasha-style cup are visible. A partially visible figure in orange clothing appears at the upper right edge.

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Close-up of a puja offering arrangement on an ornate gold-toned tray with embossed scalloped edges. Several silver bowls and small silver cups hold offerings, with a red apple at the left edge. Pink lotus blossoms, white flowers and a small gold kalasha-style finial sit at the centre. A hand in the upper right places or adjusts an offering, and a sleeve of orange cloth is visible at the left, where another hand rests on the tray. The scene shows ritual food and flower offerings being prepared on the tray.2010-11-09A photo of a padapuja ritual: a bare foot resting on a gold tray is being bathed as water is poured from a silver vessel with a pink flower on its rim. The tray and surrounding silver bowls hold white jasmine-like flowers, a golden cup or stand, and red apples. The foot appears to belong to a person in orange clothing at the edge of the frame, and a pair of hands with gold bangles pours the water. No faces are visible.2010-10-08 +1 copiesNovember 10 20102010-11-10A close-up photograph of a puja offering being prepared on a gold-coloured tray. Two hands, one pouring water from a small silver cup, arrange silver bowls holding white jasmine-like flowers, pink and cream lotus petals, green leaves and a whole apple. Ornate silver vessels with engraved rims surround the central tray. Only partial hands and arms are visible at the edges, so people are not clearly countable.2010-11-24Close-up photo of a padapuja ritual: bare feet in orange-saffron cloth rest on a polished silver-and-gold tray, one foot placed among white flower petals and pink lotus blossoms. Silver bowls hold white flower petals, a small silver vessel and a red apple sit nearby, and an ornate silver plate lies at the lower right. A hand on the left reaches toward the offerings. Only the feet and hands of the people are visible, so no whole person can be seen. The feet appear to belong to a person in orange robes, but the figure is not shown fully, so identity is unsure.2010-10-31 +2 copiesClose-up photograph of bare feet resting on a golden tray during a padapuja ritual. The feet belong to a person wearing orange-saffron robes, visible at the top right. Around the feet are silver and gold plates and bowls holding red apples, white flower petals, red roses, a silver conch-shaped vessel and a gold garland. Only the feet and lower robe are visible, so no face is shown.2010-12-27September 06 20102010-09-06 +1 copiesClose photograph of a padapuja-style offering on a brass tray. Bare feet of a seated person rest on the golden tray, surrounded by silver bowls holding pink lotus blossoms, yellow marigold-type flowers, green leaves and a red apple. Two women's hands, one wearing a gold ring and bangles, one with a beaded bracelet, pick up small green leaves to offer. A woman in a white blouse with a dark mala-style necklace sits in the background. The foreground is blurred with dark hair of onlookers. No a person candidate is visibly identifiable in this frame.2011-12-05October 31 20102010-10-31 +2 copiesClose photo of a person's bare feet resting on a gold tray during a padapuja-style ritual. The wearer's orange robe is visible at the upper right. The gold tray holds pink lotus flowers, white jasmine-like flowers, small gold containers, and silver bowls with more flowers and an apple. Blurred silver and gold plates surround the scene. Only the feet and lower robe of one person are visible.2010-10-31 +2 copiesClose view of a puja arrangement on a golden cloth: a person's bare feet in the upper left, wearing an orange-red garment, are seated behind rows of ornate silver bowls, cups and spouted vessels. Pink roses, white frangipani-like flowers and green leaves are heaped among them, with white petals scattered in several bowls. No face is visible and no readable name appears on the sign-free surfaces.2014-08-29Close photo of a padapuja-style foot worship. A bare foot rests on a golden tray with ornate silver bowls holding flowers. A child's hand with gold bangles reaches to offer red and white flowers, including frangipani-like white blooms and a pink-and-yellow flower, onto a heap of red, white and yellow petals. A person in an orange and gold sari-border garment stands above, and another person's hand holding petals appears at the upper left. Only the feet, hands and arms are visible, so people are partially visible.2013-07-21