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A seated person in an orange-red ochre robe with a gold-bordered cloth sits on a red cushioned chair, wearing dark rudraksha mala necklaces and bangles, holding a silver trident (trishul) upright in one hand. Two devotees kneel at the feet, one in a white blouse and one with a garland, and their feet are being washed or honoured as part of a ritual. A standing devotee in white dhoti with gold waist cloth and rudraksha necklaces stands with hands folded in namaskar, and older women in saris and a man in a blue shirt stand behind with palms joined. A calendar-style print of a deity murti hangs at the top right. The cushioned chair and setting suggest a padapuja or similar ceremony. A small in-scene identity cue from the robe, mala and trident is present, but the face is not identifiable enough to confirm the seated person's identity.

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