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A photograph of a padapuja ritual inside a plain room with lilac walls. A seated man in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back dark hair, a rudraksha-style mala, a red flower garland, gold necklaces and gold armbands holds a silver staff while a young woman in an orange silk sari kneels and a girl in a white dress bends forward to wash his feet in a metal bowl. Probable Swamiji (long swept-back hair, saffron robes, gold jewellery and garland) receiving padapuja. Around them, devotees in white dhotis, white shirts and white saris sit or stand, and a shaved-headed priest in orange kneels at the bowl; a small child is held on a seated man's lap. A cooler and a shrine with flowers and garlands are visible at the back.

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