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A house-visit padapuja in a domestic room with white walls and framed deity pictures garlanded with white flowers. On the right, a man with long swept-back hair sits on a raised orange cloth seat, wearing a saffron-and-maroon robe, a garland of white and red flowers, gold armbands and a gold wrist bracelet, and holds a silver ceremonial staff; this figure is an appearance-based a person candidate, seated in the role of the honoured guest. A saffron-clad young man with rudraksha beads stands in the doorway behind him. Seated on a red-and-gold rug at left, a woman in white with a flower in her hair holds a flame, while devotees in saris, kurtas and shawls sit or stand nearby; a foreground tray holds marigolds and petals. A printed copyright overlay and source line appear across the lower right and were not transcribed.

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