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A photograph inside a temple-like hall with gold-toned walls and a row of small red-and-black deity murtis on a shelf behind. A man in a dark grey textured suit jacket leans forward with his palms joined and hands raised toward a brass lamp. A woman in a green-and-gold saree holds the brass oil lamp on a tray with one hand, and beside her a woman in a white saree with gold border holds a rudraksha mala. Another woman in a white and gold saree stands behind, and a woman in a pink headscarf is at the left edge. Fruit and offerings are visible on a table at right, with a gold arched frame over a pink-draped shrine. The scene suggests an aarti or lamp-offering ritual; no a person depiction is clearly visible.

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