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A photograph of a padapuja at a home interior with cream walls, a flat-screen TV on the right and a framed picture on the upper left. A person seated on a red-brown cushioned seat, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti and upper cloth, a white and orange garland, rudraksha malas, gold armlets and bangles, with a tilak on the forehead and long swept-back hair, has an outstretched hand raised. Probable Swamiji, identifiable by the long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas, ornate gold armlets and saffron-orange clothing. A white-clad devotee kneels before him, pouring water from a brass vessel over his feet during the foot-worship. Behind them, a shaven-headed young man in an orange wrap holds a silver staff and a younger man in white with rudraksha malas stands. A man in an orange wrap with a camera stands in the background. Several women in saris, one in pink with folded hands, watch with devotion, and a few elderly women are seated on the left.

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