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A photograph of a padapuja ritual in an ornate hall with a black stone wall and golden lion sculptures. A man seated on a gold throne with leopard-print cushions wears a red-orange robe, a gold crown, a pink-and-white flower garland, and an orange armband, with a silver staff beside him. Priests in white dhotis with sandalwood-marked foreheads kneel and pour water from silver vessels over his bare feet, which rest on a tray of flowers. Devotees, including women in white and a woman in red, watch from the left. Hanging brass bells and a lamp are overhead. A fan and camera on a tripod stand nearby. Swamiji (probable) is the seated figure receiving the padapuja, identified by the crown, orange robe, garland and throne cues.

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