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A photograph of a padapuja ritual in a decorated indoor space with a corrugated roof and green doors. In the centre, a woman in a white sari holds a brass kalasha topped with green leaves and a flower, while devotees stand around her. Several men in saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas and wrist bands attend the puja, one seated at a wooden tray of tomatoes, fruit and rudraksha beads. A woman in an orange-red sari with a garland of white flowers is seen from behind in the foreground, and other onlookers in white shirts and blue tops stand nearby. Red lights and red-and-white bunting hang in the background. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible on the basis of appearance.

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