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A photograph of a ritual hall during a puja. In the foreground a bare-chested priest with a shaved head wears a saffron-red wrap, an orange-beaded rudraksha-style mala and white sacred ash marks on his arms, and raises a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward the seated assembly. Rows of seated participants in saffron and red robes sit on floor mats with small cups and banana-leaf plates before them. Other attendants in white dhoti and shawl stand near a raised seat on the far side. Colourful beaded pillar decorations and draped cloth hang from the ceiling. The central figure seated on the peetha is not clearly identifiable from the image, so the a person field is unsure.

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