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A photograph of a seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a gold-and-bead ceremonial necklace and a rudraksha mala, sitting on an ornate silver chair and smiling as devotees offer him prasadam from silver plates. A young man in white shirt and a red-and-white garland stands with palms pressed together, while a second man in a saffron shawl kneels beside him. Behind them a cameraman in white holds a camera, an attendant in orange stands with a long silver staff, a woman in a green sari presses her palms together at left, and a woman in a pink blouse and red flowers kneels lower left. a person appears as the seated figure, identified by his saffron robes, rudraksha mala and gold necklace, seated on a throne in a home-style room with a trident-topped staff nearby. The seated figure is in person, and the scene shows a devotee visit with pada puja style honour.

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