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A photograph inside a covered open-sided pavilion during a seated pada puja-style devotional gathering. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron garment and a multi-coloured flower garland, sits with palms pressed together on an ornate gold throne with carved gold backrest. Behind him hang red and cream draped cloths with painted pillar motifs. Devotees sit on the floor in front: women in white and cream sarees and a man in white dhoti-style clothing, several women in yellow shawls at the right, and a woman in a pink sari at the centre who bends to the seated figure's feet. A small oil lamp burns on the right and a tray of offerings and a water bottle sit on a low table at left. a person cues: long hair, saffron clothing, garland, seated on a gold throne.

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