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A photograph of a padapuja in a small white-walled room with sheer white curtains. A seated man in a maroon-red robe and orange-yellow sash, wearing a long yellow-and-orange marigold garland and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, sits on a raised seat. Two women in white-and-patterned saris kneel at his feet, one washing or drying them with an orange cloth, while a bald man in a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha beads sits to the left. Saffron-robed young men sit along the sides and a young boy in a red jacket stands at left. A silver trident stands behind, and a tray of fruit sits beside the seat. Several people are visible: the seated man, two kneeling women, a bald man in white, a boy, and about four saffron-clad young men, totalling roughly ten.

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