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Photograph of a pada puja ceremony on a decorated stage. A man with shoulder-length dark hair, bare-chested under an orange saffron wrap and wearing a long dark rudraksha mala, sits cross-legged on an ornate gold-and-red throne with eyes closed and hands folded. Swamiji (probable) is shown here by the saffron wrap, rudraksha mala and long hair. Women in white and yellow saris kneel in the foreground, some with long braided hair, one holding a small silver vessel. To the left stands a silver deity murti draped in red and orange garlands, and marigold and multicolour flower garlands hang on the stage. A gilded table holds fruit and a plate of offerings.

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