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A padapuja ritual inside a room draped with colourful silk hangings in red, orange, teal and pink. A figure with long hair tied up and wearing a deep orange-brown dhoti and shawl sits on a gold-trimmed, pink-cushioned throne decorated with yellow and white marigold garlands and pink flowers, while a woman in a white sari with a green-and-maroon border kneels with hands folded and a garland. Shaved-headed men in saffron and white garments, wearing rudraksha malas, assist, one holding a garland and another seated near a brass tray of fruit and offerings. A cameraman in white stands in the background, and two young men in white dhotis stand with palms joined at right. A brass lamp and a tray with fruit sit on the floor at right.

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