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Close-up photo of a person in an orange robe with a hand reaching toward a large golden tray filled with many ornate gold-coloured kalasha-shaped vessels and decorative golden items, some with small embedded stones and printed portrait stickers. Around them sit numerous polished silver bowls with embossed rims, and a few white flowers and red petals are visible at the lower left and right edges. The scene appears to be a pada puja offering setup of sacred ritual objects.

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August 02 20102010-08-02August 05 20102010-08-05Close-up photograph of a pada puja offering: a pair of bare feet in brown tones rests on a tray with a flower and grass arrangement of yellow and pink blossoms. Orange cloth of a robed figure covers the upper part of the frame. Around the feet are heaps of gold-coloured ornate beads and small gold pendants, two of which carry small round framed photo medallions. Silver bowls holding sweet offerings, a bowl of kumkum-like coloured powder and rows of small glass cups with water sit on decorated silver and gold trays. Only the feet and robe are visible, with no faces shown.2010-08-06August 01 20102010-08-01August 16 20102010-08-16Close-up photo of a padapuja ritual: a person in orange robes sits with bare feet resting on a golden tray. Yellow flowers, green grass blades and red petals lie around the feet. Gold-coloured shell-like vessels and silver trays hold sweet prasadam, small glass cups and bowls of offerings. Two small framed photographs with blue borders sit among the gold items. The scene shows only feet and clothing, with no face visible.2010-08-06A photograph of ritual offerings arranged on a golden surface at a puja. Silver-rimmed bowls and trays hold saffron-yellow and brown offerings, with golden spherical objects and yellow and green flower petals scattered among them. In the foreground, a figure in an orange robe sits with palms pressed together in prayer, shaved head visible, and another person with dark hair is seen from behind at the left. Above, a figure in white clothing with a yellow cloth and a rudraksha mala sits near an ornate gold throne. The scene conveys a pada puja offering setting.2010-08-06August 03 20102010-08-03August 15 20102010-08-15August 07 20102010-08-07August 05 20102010-08-05September 10 20102010-09-10