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A seated monastic in saffron-orange robes, wearing a pink and yellow flower garland, sits with palms pressed together in namaste on a white plastic chair inside a room with pink walls and a white curtain. Two people in orange robes kneel on the white tiled floor, one bowing with head lowered and hands joined, the other bent forward with a bare head, scattered pink petals on the floor near the seated figure's feet. Around them, several devotees in white traditional clothes stand or kneel with hands folded in prayer, including an elderly woman with white hair in a white sari and a woman in a maroon patterned top. A woman in orange robes stands at right holding a pink garland. The scene reads as a padapuja, foot-worship reception of a monastic guest.

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