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A small room with a tiled floor, white walls, a wooden door on the left and a large window with cream blinds. A seated figure in an orange-and-maroon cloth with gold armband, rudraksha mala and a white flower garland receives ritual attention, while an attendant in orange holds a silver-coloured stand above. Opposite, a man in white dhoti and orange shawl with a rudraksha mala kneels at a brass plate, washing or offering to the seated figure's feet as a woman in a blue sari and family members in orange and yellow clothing sit on the floor watching. Fruit and flowers are visible near the seated figure. This appears to be a padapuja during a house visit. The seated figure is described by appearance only as a person with distinctive garland, rudraksha and ceremonial dress cues.

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A photograph of a padapuja ritual in a domestic living room with cream walls, a window with blinds, and colourful hanging strings. A seated man in a long-sleeved orange-brown robe with a long swept-back hairstyle, rudraksha-style beaded mala and white flower garland, bangles on his arms, holds up one hand and sits on an orange cushioned sofa. In front of him a man in white dhoti and orange shawl kneels and pours water from a vessel over the foot of the seated figure, which rests in a brass plate. Nearby, a man in white shirt and dhoti with a white cloth sits and watches, a woman in a teal sari with a white flower in her hair and two young women and a young man in casual clothes sit on the floor. A standing man in an orange-striped dhoti holds a camera. Flowers, a fruit bowl and a small vase sit beside the sofa. 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