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A seated man in a maroon-brown shawl and dhoti, wearing a multicolour flower garland and beaded bracelets, holds up a tall silver ceremonial staff with a round disc at its top. Before him, several men in saffron-orange robes sit on the floor with rudraksha malas, one performing a lit oil lamp for the ritual. An older man in white and a woman in white kneel near a brass plate of flowers and offerings. A standing man in white and a robed figure stand against the back wall beside a fan and a curtain. The scene appears to be a padapuja or house-visit ritual at a home-style room.

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