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A photograph of a padapuja ceremony at an ashram event. A man in an orange turban and orange robes with long swept-back hair sits on a gold throne decorated with garlands of red, yellow and purple flowers. He wears layered beaded necklaces and gold ornaments. A devotee in an orange kurta with glasses and gold bangles bends forward, adjusting orange cloth over the seated figure's feet. Devotees gather at the lower edge. A man at left in white robes and a gold bead necklace with rudraksha beads stands watching, and a woman in an orange sari with rudraksha mala is at right. Pink draping and a white canopy stand behind.

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