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Padapuja ritual in a golden-throne hall: a man with long hair, a white floral garland, an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, rudraksha mala and gold armlet sits on an ornate golden throne draped with a tiger-striped cloth, his bare feet resting on a silver tray of flowers and offering bowls. a person (long swept hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha mala and gold ornaments) in his role as the seated figure receiving the puja. A woman in a blue sari sits in front of the tray, a devotee in white with a tilak presses palms together in namaskar, and a man in white with a rudraksha mala kneels beside them. Hanging brass bells and oil lamps hang from the ceiling above a dark wall and a wooden door with brass studs.

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