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A seated man in maroon and ochre robes with long swept-back hair, a long silver trident-topped staff in his right hand, and red-and-white flower garlands, sits on a red throne-like chair in a home room. Before him on the floor, a woman in a white sari and a man in an ochre shawl with rudraksha mala sit beside a small flame and a brass plate of flower petals, while a young girl in a green dress watches. Two shaved-headed young men in orange robes with rudraksha malas kneel nearby, and devotees in ochre, white dhotis and saris stand with hands folded along the wall. This appears to be a pada puja performed in a devotee's house with an oil lamp and flower offering. The image is a photograph; the seated man has distinctive long hair, ochre robes, a staff and garlands that match Swamiji (probable) as the presiding figure.

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