Close-up photo of a pada puja ritual: a bare foot rests on a golden tray while a woman in a dark top pours liquid from a silver bowl over it, with another hand holding a silver vessel. Surrounding golden and silver plates hold flower petals in red, yellow and white. A person in orange robes sits at the upper right, and a hand with a silver bangle and ring appears at left. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close-up photo of a pada puja ritual: a bare foot rests on a golden tray while a woman in a dark top pours liquid from a silver bowl over it, with another hand holding a silver vessel. Surrounding golden and silver plates hold flower petals in red, yellow and white. A person in orange robes sits at the upper right, and a hand with a silver bangle and ring appears at left.

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August 02 2010

Close photograph of a padapuja ritual. A pair of bare feet rests on a gold tray while hands pour water from silver vessels over them. Several women's hands hold silver cups and bowls; one wears a silver bangle and a ring, another wears bangles. The foreground shows flowers, including red and yellow blooms, with a figure in orange robes at the upper right and a dark-haired head of a participant at the right edge. Silver and brass offering bowls fill the frame.

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2010-11-03 +1 copies

Close-up photo of a padapuja ritual. Hands of several devotees pour water from a silver vessel over a bare foot wearing ring and bangle jewellery, draped in orange saffron cloth. Pink lotus flowers and white flowers are scattered among silver bowls and a decorated gold-toned altar base. Red apples sit in a silver tray at the bottom. A devotee in white clothing with a gold bangle reaches in from the left. The bare foot belongs to the seated figure in orange robes; the face is not visible, so no identification is made.

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2010-10-16 +1 copies

Close-up photograph of a padapuja ritual in which bare feet are being washed. A large ornate gold tray holds white flowers, green leaves and a small gold box. Three people's hands pour water from silver cups and a silver vessel over the feet. The person at right wears an orange garment and a silver bangle on the wrist. Silver bowls with liquid sit in the background.

November 24 2010

Close photo of bare feet in an orange robe being ritually washed as a padapuja. Two hands, one holding a silver cup, pour liquid over the feet, while a silver tray holds pink lotus flowers, white jasmine-like blossoms, a small brass lamp and silver bowls. The feet belong to a figure in saffron-orange clothing; the face is not visible. Only the feet, hands and sleeves appear, so physical people are limited to the washing hands and the feet, with a second person's white-clad arm at the lower edge.

A close-up photograph of a padapuja ritual. Several hands hold silver bowls and a silver spoon, pouring white liquid over bare feet resting on a golden tray. A person in an orange robe pours from a silver bowl at right, while another person's hand holds a silver vessel and small gold kalasha-like pots sit at left, with pink flower petals and white flowers scattered on the tray. Only hands, feet and partial arms are visible, and the faces of the people are not shown.

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