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A photograph of a Pratyaksha Pada Puja at a devotee's house, shown in a plain room with white walls, a wooden cabinet with brass fittings on the left, and teal curtains. A man with long hair, a red and white floral garland and a rust-red garment holds a brass plate and walks forward smiling. Behind him a bald man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala follows. On the right, men in white dhotis and orange-red robes with rudraksha malas and garlands stand with folded hands, and a woman in white holds a young child. Rose petals are scattered on the marble floor.

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