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A photograph of a seated devotional gathering in a richly decorated room with gold-patterned walls. On the right, a figure in a saffron-orange and maroon dhoti sits on an orange-draped seat, wearing layered garlands of white flowers and red beads, gold bangles and a rudraksha mala, holding a silver staff topped with a ritual ornament and a bouquet of white flowers. Several devotees sit or kneel before him: a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, bowing with his head lowered while another man's hand rests on his head, and women in red, white and orange saris with gold bangles and flowers in their hair. A shaved-headed man in an orange garment and rudraksha mala kneels in the foreground beside scattered white petals. Standing men in pink, yellow and white shirts watch in the background. This appears to be a pada puja in progress; the seated figure in the orange seat matches a probable appearance-based candidate for a person, so he is labelled as such.

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