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A close photo of a pada-puja or ritual offering on a gilded tray. A figure in saffron-orange robes sits on an ornate golden chair, their lap and feet partly visible at the top. Hands hold small brass cups and a brass vessel pouring liquid over a heaped silver tray of white flowers, cut fruit and red offerings. A woman in a green and white garment wears gold bangles and a ring. No face of the robed figure is visible, so no identification is made from appearance. The scene is an archive photograph of a devotional ritual.

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