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A row of young women and girls in saffron-orange clothing sit on the floor in a ritual setting, many with white tilak marks on their foreheads and rudraksha malas around their necks. Several have gold bangles and earrings and hold their hands in front of them in a devotional gesture. Brass puja plates with flowers, fruit, lit oil lamps and incense sticks are arranged on low tables before them, with a rope barrier along the upper edge of the frame. Photograph is from an archive page about a pada puja satsang event.

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