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A home padapuja in a small room with white walls and an orange cloth hanging above. A young person with a shaved head in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits on a patterned rug, leaning forward and reaching out a hand toward a seated woman in a white sari with a red blouse. Beside her another woman in a cream sari and a white-clothed man in a white kurta sit on the floor, one man extending his hands toward the group. A tray with yellow fruit, flowers and a small bowl lies in front, next to a bare foot of a seated figure in a maroon and gold cloth at left. A standing man in a pink shirt watches from the right, and framed photographs hang on the wall. The scene is a house visit with devotees offering a padapuja.

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