Close photo of a padapuja-style foot ritual on a gilded golden platform strewn with red and white flower petals and golden bells. A person in a white garment kneels and holds an orange cloth while washing or wiping bare feet of a seated figure wearing orange robes and a silver ring on a toe. A polished silver bowl stands beside the feet, and the golden bell-like ornaments lie in the foreground. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close photo of a padapuja-style foot ritual on a gilded golden platform strewn with red and white flower petals and golden bells. A person in a white garment kneels and holds an orange cloth while washing or wiping bare feet of a seated figure wearing orange robes and a silver ring on a toe. A polished silver bowl stands beside the feet, and the golden bell-like ornaments lie in the foreground.

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Close-up photograph of a padapuja ritual on a gilded throne. A person in white sleeves and another in orange robes hold a silver vessel and pour water over bare feet resting on a golden tray. Scattered petals in red, pink and white, along with golden bells, lie around the feet. A folded terracotta-coloured cloth rests at the left edge of the golden platform.

Close-up photograph of a padapuja ritual. A person in white clothing holds a golden vessel and pours liquid over the bare feet of a seated figure wearing saffron-orange robes. The seated figure's hand, wearing a rudraksha bracelet, dries the feet with an orange cloth. The feet rest on a richly embossed gold surface, with white flowers and gold-toned ornaments scattered in the foreground. No faces are visible.

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Close-up photograph of bare feet being ritually honoured during a padha puja. A person in orange saffron robes is seated on a richly carved gold-coloured platform, their feet wrapped in a soft brownish-pink cloth that a white-sleeved attendant is holding and adjusting with one hand while the other hand is extended open. Gold bells and small gold ornaments are heaped on the platform around the feet, mixed with white flowers and red petals. The ornate golden carving of the platform fills the background. Visible cues are limited to the feet, orange robe and gold objects; no face is shown.

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Close-up photograph of a padapuja ritual: a pair of bare feet resting on a gold-patterned tray is being washed by hands in orange and saffron clothing. One hand holds a silver vessel pouring water, while the other presses an orange cloth over the feet. Red and pink flower petals and a bundle of rudraksha beads lie around the feet. The person being washed is visibly the only person in the frame; the attending devotee's sleeve is saffron-orange, and a gold-toned ornament sits in the foreground.

A close photograph of a padapuja, the ritual washing of feet. Two people in saffron-orange robes kneel at the front of a gold-ornate throne or platform, pouring liquid over a pair of bare feet with a gold kalasha-style vessel. The feet belong to a seated person whose bare arm wears a rudraksha bracelet. Scattered white and yellow plumeria flowers, pink and red roses, and a strand of gold beads lie on the gilded surface. One attendant wears a wristwatch and a ring. The gold carved edges of the seat frame the scene.

Close-up photo of a padapuja ritual: a person in white sleeves pours water from a silver bowl over the bare feet of a seated figure wearing orange clothing. The feet rest on a gold-coloured tray scattered with yellow and orange flower petals, with small gold-toned vessels and a folded orange cloth at the left edge. Only hands and feet are visible, so the figure's identity cannot be established from the image.

Close-up photograph of a padapuja ritual in which water is being poured over a bare foot resting on a large ornate silver tray. Several hands hold silver cups and pink lotus flowers, and a bearer's hand wearing gold bangles and an orange garment holds the foot. Bright silver and gilded plates surround the scene, with a pink lotus blossom at the top. Only hands, forearms and one bare foot are visible, so the person whose foot is being washed is not identifiable from this frame.

Close photo of a padapuja ritual: a person in orange robes sits with bare feet resting on a large ornate silver and gold tray, while a hand in cream sleeve pours water or applies it over the feet. Pink flowers and scattered petals lie on the tray and white cloth. A second hand in orange sleeve holds a small gold ritual vessel with a handle beside the tray. The feet are adorned with a small gold ornament on one toe.

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