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A seated central figure wearing a maroon garment with a gold border, multiple rudraksha malas, bangles and white jasmine garlands sits on a bed covered with orange cloth and scattered pink and white flower petals, holding fruit and yellow flower offerings. Beside them a wooden tray holds fruit, sweets and small containers. Standing to the left are two men in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas, one with a white forehead mark, and an older man in white dhoti. A young man in white and a shaved-headed priest with white tripundra marks kneel at right, and a woman in white with jasmine in her hair sits at lower left. The setting is a plain room with a wooden-slatted window and wooden furniture. The central figure's appearance is ambiguous, so the identity is unsure; the scene reads as a padapuja-style devotee offering.

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