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A photograph inside a home interior with cream walls, a wooden door and framed pictures. A man with long swept-back hair and a gold-bordered orange cloth sits on an orange-draped chair with white flower garlands, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold armlets. A silver trident stands beside him. A shaved-headed young attendant in white garments with a mala kneels nearby, while a seated devotee in white in the foreground offers flowers. A standing young monk in orange with a white garland and shaved head smiles, and a row of standing people in white kurtas and a woman in a blue patterned kurta stand by the door. Floral petals scatter on the rug. a person: the man on the orange-draped chair with long hair, rudraksha mala and gold armlets, seated as a guest of honour during a home padapuja visit.

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