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A large hall with a polished floor where many women sit cross-legged on mats and cushions in a pooja setting. In the foreground a woman in an orange salwar with hands folded in prayer sits on a striped red mat. Beside her, a woman in white with an orange shawl bends over a brass tray of puja items, lamps and small vessels. A woman in a green sari sits near the trays, and another in a cream sari with a rudraksha-style necklace holds a small brass object. Behind them rows of seated devotees wear white and orange, some with garlands. A standing woman in white with an orange border holds a bell or small object near a framed altar at the back, with gilded framed pictures and a lit lamp on a table. Steel bowls and bags lie on the floor.

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