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A shrine table covered with a leopard-print cloth holds offerings for a puja. Dominating the center is a life-size cardboard cutout of a smiling man in a red-orange turban, red-orange robe, gold trident held in one hand, and multiple gold-bead and rudraksha-style malas with white flower garlands; the cutout is not a physical person. Flanking it are framed photographs of a man with long hair in saffron clothing, a small silver-framed image of a deity, metal figurines, a trident, an open book on a stand, pink paper lotus flowers, white jasmine petals, a brass oil lamp and a bell. The figures are a depiction, and the scene is a photograph of a shrine.