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A padapuja ceremony in an open pavilion with yellow curtains. A central figure in orange robes and a white flower garland sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne, hands pressed in prayer. Around him, devotees sit on the floor in white clothes with yellow shawls; a woman in white at left holds a small vessel, and a man in white in the foreground sits before a gold-edged offering box. Brass and silver plates hold fruit, sweets, flowers and bowls of food. A gold lion-form pedestal and stacked books sit beside the throne. Context from the page suggests this is part of a yoga programme, but the scene itself shows padapuja.

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