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Photograph of a padapuja in a domestic room with cream curtains and a framed picture on the wall. A bare-chested man with long swept-back hair, a white flower garland, rudraksha and beaded necklaces, orange-red dhoti and gold armlets sits on a chair with a silver trident-staff beside him, his feet being washed by a kneeling person in white dhoti over a brass plate. A woman in a red saree bends to offer worship at his feet. Behind them a row of devotees stands with palms joined, including a man in white shirt and a woman in teal sari; a child in a white t-shirt stands among them. A saffron-clad attendant with rudraksha sits at lower left. The seated figure matches the page's Swamiji cues (swept-back hair, garland, rudraksha, ceremonial gold jewellery), so this is a probable Swamiji (probable) in the role of the honoured guru receiving padapuja; other people are devotees and attendants.

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