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A photograph of a padapuja ceremony on a stage with a painted brown and orange backdrop. A seated figure in an orange-saffron shawl over a red garment sits on an ornate golden throne decorated with garlands of yellow, white and red flowers. Devotees stand around him: a woman in a yellow salwar kameez at left, a man in orange robes and a white shirt, a man in a white shirt and grey trousers bending forward, a woman in a teal sari with a shawl, a man in white with a white dhoti, and a woman in a lavender sari with her hands raised in prayer at right. A woman in a white sari kneels in front, near white flower garlands on the floor and a small brass lamp. The figure's appearance is not clearly established, so he is described by role only.

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