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A padapuja ritual in a devotee's home. A man with long hair, wearing a red-and-maroon robe, rudraksha mala and a white flower garland, sits on a chair holding a silver staff upright, while a pot of lit oil lamp is held by seated devotees in the foreground. Around him, a woman in a blue sari and a woman in a yellow-and-green sari kneel with folded hands; a man in white dhoti and shirt sits nearby. Saffron-robed young sannyasis stand behind, one photographing. Framed pictures, pink flowers and a deity mural decorate the room. Swamiji (probable) in the red-and-maroon robe with long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and ceremonial garland, seated as the honoured guest.

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