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Outdoor photograph of a padapuja on a rounded granite rock amid green trees, with a hill behind. A standing figure in a red dhoti and red shawl, wearing a long white flower garland and rudraksha mala, raises one hand in blessing while a bald priest in orange robes pours water from a silver vessel onto the rock. Another priest in orange kneels to receive it, and two men in white dhotis and shawls stand and kneel nearby on a striped cloth, one with a mala. Flower petals and a pink garland lie on the stone. Dark wooden seats are at right. Printed copyright and source credit appear at lower right.

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