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A photograph of a ceremonial padapuja at an indoor community event. A man in white shirt and dhoti kneels at left, bending toward a seated figure at right who wears an orange-red turban and orange-saffron garments and sits behind a garland-decorated area with flower strings. A standing older man in a light kurta and a young man in white stand nearby. The seated figure in orange has distinctive ceremonial cues, but the appearance is not clear enough to establish identity, so the role is described only as a seated honoured guest receiving worship. Several other people are partly visible at the edges.

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