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A photograph of a padapuja ritual in a small room with textured white wall panels. A figure seated on a white cushion wears an orange robe and a long orange-beaded garland, with dark long hair, hands pressed together in namaste. A figure in an orange robe kneels beside him holding a lamp near a silver tray. Around a blue cloth are seated devotees: a man in white shirt and dhoti with folded hands, a man in a white shirt, two women in saris, and several young men in white with yellow shawls. Fruits including bananas, oranges and apples, bowls of sweets and a plate of offerings lie on the cloth. A cloth bag reads Be Blissful!. The scene shows a devotional gathering with flowers and offerings.

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