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A seated group of devotees gathers on striped rugs in a small room for a Varalakshmi Vratham puja. Several women wear saris in pink, red, orange and blue, and a woman in a white and gold border sari sits at the left near a shrine. A bare-chested priest with a white cloth and garlands sits at the left, tending the puja. Brass pooja plates, lit oil lamps, flowers, a kalasha-like vessel and fruit lie on the floor. Shrine images and framed pictures line the walls behind the group.

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