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Devotees sit on the floor in a dimly lit hall during a padapuja. In the foreground, a man in a blue shirt and red-orange shawl bows over a brass plate of flowers and offerings placed before a seated figure's bare feet. Behind him, a man wears an orange turban and white kurta with a red-orange shawl, and a woman in a patterned top holds flowers. On the right, a figure in a white kurta with a red-orange sash sits near the golden throne, which has red cushions and garlands. A woman in the back row wears a red shawl. The seated figure's crimson-and-gold robes and bare feet are visible but the face is not. Attendants on the golden seat hold garlands. Several people in the front rows have their backs turned.

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