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A photograph of a ceremonial puja in an interior room with dark stone walls and a wall-mounted air conditioner. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a dark rudraksha mala, sits on a cushioned golden throne decorated with a garland of pink, yellow and white flowers. Seated on the floor before him, five devotees in traditional dress offer prayers: a woman in a cream sari with hands folded in namaste, a young woman in an orange-gold sari, a woman in a blue sari, a woman in a red shawl, and a young man in orange at the left edge. In front of them stand a silver tray holding lit oil lamps and flower petals, a brass aarti lamp and a tall silver lamp stand with hanging brass lamps. The scene suggests a pratyaksha pada puja, with devotees offering padapuja to the seated figure.