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Four women sit cross-legged on a purple cloth strewn with flower petals during a puja in front of a colourful deity murti with a lion mount. The woman on the far left wears a rust-red and gold saree and holds a pink lotus bloom. The second woman, with a red bindi and tilak on her forehead and a beaded necklace, wears a maroon and gold saree and holds a pink flower in her cupped hands. The third woman wears a maroon saree and holds a pink lotus, and the fourth on the right wears a cream and red saree with gold bangles and holds a pink flower. Oil lamps and a brass stand are visible at the right, with garlands and flowers around the altar. No a person candidate is visible in the scene.

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