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A photograph of a home altar set up for a paduka puja. On a silver-embossed tray sit a pair of dark sandals with red ribbon ties, which are the padukas, draped with rudraksha malas and white jasmine flowers. Brass items include a trident, a seated deity murti with flower garlands, a small brass Nandi-like figure, a bronze plate of small figurines, and two white bowls of sliced fruit with oil. Behind the altar are framed pictures, including a painted portrait of a robed figure with long hair seated before a temple, a figure in an orange turban and rudraksha beads, a marigold garland, an orange lotus, and rudraksha strands. No physical people are visible.