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A photograph of a padapuja ritual indoors. In the foreground an older woman in a blue sari with a gold bangle and a white flower in her hair kneels and washes the bare foot of a seated person whose maroon and gold dhoti and saffron-orange shawl are visible at right. Beside her a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and vibhuti marks kneels and assists, while another man in a white shirt kneels behind. A brass bowl holds yellow fruit and water beneath the foot. Standing devotees in maroon and gold dhotis and white sarees watch in the background, and white and red flower garlands hang at right.

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