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A pada-puja ceremony in a hall with cream pillars and blue window frames. A man seated on an ornate gold throne with red cushions wears an orange-saffron robe, a long white flower garland, a gold-beaded rudraksha-style mala and a red headband; his feet rest on a gold tray of flowers and offerings. Two women sit on the floor before him: the woman on the left wears a cream sari with an orange shawl and glasses, and the woman on the right wears a brown patterned sari with red-rimmed glasses and holds her hands in anjali. A shaven-headed person in white sits in the foreground. A brass oil lamp and a silver bowl are on the floor.

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