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A photograph of a white ritual figure seated on a decorated white pedestal in a pale blue room. The figure wears an orange-saffron robe, an orange head wrap, and multiple garlands of yellow, orange and white marigolds with red and purple flowers, plus a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt stands at left, bending over the pedestal, and a second man in a dark shirt stands behind him, both appearing to attend to the figure. Flower-strewn offerings surround the base, and a small deity murti with a crown sits at lower left beside a microphone. This is a statue and not a living person, so no physical person is counted as a person. Ritual offerings and garlanding suggest a puja or padapuja.

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