A padapuja ritual in progress: a bare foot in a silver tray heaped with pink and red rose petals is being washed or honoured by a man in white kurta and white dhoti kneeling at left, who holds a small brass plate in his other hand and wears red and black wrist threads. The foot belongs to a person in a saffron-orange robe with a gold-and-black beaded rudraksha-style mala across the chest. A gold-coloured ornate peetha or pedestal sits beneath the tray with a silver vessel beside it. A partial face in profile appears at far right, dressed in dark clothing.

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