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A crowd of devotees stands under a corrugated metal canopy with exposed steel trusses, hands joined in anjali, in a temple-like hall. Men on the left wear white dhotis and shirts; a shaven-headed priest in white with a red-striped shawl stands at right beside a woman in a cream sari with a red border who also has hands folded. Further back, women in saris stand near an ornate deity murti with a golden canopy and orange drapes. On the orange wall hang a framed portrait of a man in orange robes seated in meditation, and a banner. The scene suggests prayer or puja.

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