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A candlelit pada pooja scene indoors. In the foreground, a seated figure in orange robes sits at the left edge, partly visible, surrounded by white and red flower garlands. A man in a white short-sleeved shirt with a visible ID badge leans forward holding a lit oil lamp over a tray of brass plates filled with flowers and offerings. Beside him, a woman in a cream sari with a dark beaded necklace holds a lit lamp toward the tray. Behind them, several women in cream, yellow and beige saris sit with hands folded in prayer, and a young child sits among them. Lit candles and brass vessels fill the table in front, with a crutch leaning against the wall at right.

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