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A seated figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange-and-gold saffron garment, layered red, white and green flower garlands, a rudraksha mala and gold bangles, extends a hand toward a tall silver ritual stand while sitting on an orange cushion. a person, in appearance-based identification with long swept hair, saffron-gold clothing, rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold ornaments. Before the figure, a man in a white shirt kneels and holds a brass plate with offerings, and seated devotees including a young girl in pink and a woman in a red sari with a child wait nearby. Several shaven-headed sannyasis in orange robes sit behind, and a crowd of standing men in white shirts watches. This is a padapuja or pada puja foot-worship ritual in a hall with orange seating.

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