A woman in glasses with a red bindi sits behind a silver tray of ritual vessels and rose petals, holding a silver plate on which orange cloth is folded with a red rose on top. She wears a white blouse under an orange shawl with gold-bordered edges. Silver bowls, a silver jug and pink and red flowers fill the foreground of an outdoor courtyard. - Nithyanandapedia

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A woman in glasses with a red bindi sits behind a silver tray of ritual vessels and rose petals, holding a silver plate on which orange cloth is folded with a red rose on top. She wears a white blouse under an orange shawl with gold-bordered edges. Silver bowls, a silver jug and pink and red flowers fill the foreground of an outdoor courtyard.

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