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Photograph of a padapuja altar arranged on a silver tray. Two pairs of black padukas (sandals) with rudraksha malas and white and yellow flowers are the focus, with a bowl of rice and offerings, a brass lamp, and a small brass deity figure. Behind them stands a small figure in orange and gold clothing, a gold necklace and a red-and-gold turban, with a portrait of the same figure in a shrine-like frame and a Sri Chakra plaque nearby. Orange and red lotus flowers and yellow marigolds decorate the scene. The figure in the portrait is labelled in the caption only as the Paramashivam guru, and the figure on the altar is a statue, not a physical person, so no one is physically present.