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A photograph of devotees at a Pratyaksha Pada Puja. In the foreground a woman in a white and gold-bordered saree with green floral motifs, rudraksha mala, thin glasses and a white and red forehead mark holds a small silver bowl and bows her head. Her name badge reads Pratyaksha pada puja. Beside her, a woman in a blue and silver-bordered saree with a rudraksha mala and a small pendant presses her palms together in anjali. A gold ornate tray is visible at lower left. Two people are visible.

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