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A photograph of a padapuja ritual in a gilded interior with a black wall. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron robe, rudraksha mala beads and a gold chain, sits on an ornate golden throne with lion-face armrests and a yellow cushion, his feet bared toward a tray. Seated devotees in white shirts and dhotis, one in a red saree and one in orange, pour water and arrange red flowers over brass plates and kalasha vessels on the floor. Hanging brass oil lamps and bells hang above, and a gold-framed carved deity relief sits in the upper right. Behind the throne, two saffron-clad attendants wear white head bands. Visible people are around ten. The seated figure is an appearance-based probable Swamiji (long hair, saffron robe, rudraksha mala, gold necklace) receiving padapuja.

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