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A photograph inside a decorated hall with a gilded throne-like seat and deity murti adorned with dense garlands of red, orange, yellow and white flowers. A man in a mustard-orange short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers walks past the decorated seat. To the right, a woman in a purple salwar kameez with gold trim stands looking toward the altar, and a man in a grey shirt and dark trousers stands near a small deity figure wearing an orange headpiece and white garland. In the foreground at lower right, a person in orange robes bows low, and at left a figure in orange clothing is partly visible. Pink and purple cloth draping covers the altar base, with a black speaker and air conditioner on the wall above.

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