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Overhead photo of a puja setup on a white table against a red wall. Brass bell with a handle on the left, a lit oil lamp on a brass plate, small bowls of kumkum and turmeric, and a brass vessel with a spoon. Center: a brass plate holding a small kalasha-like object decorated with pink and white flowers and leaves, with small brass cups beside it. Right: a brass tray with an incense holder and ladles, a red cloth draped with white and pink flower garlands, a small figure garlanded with flowers sits on a brown brocade cloth at the top, and a clay pot stands at the far right. No people are visible.

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A photograph of a ritual puja table set against a red wall. At the centre, a small figurine in orange and gold robes sits on an orange brocade cushion strewn with pink flower petals, with a visible red-and-gold bead necklace. In front, a brass plate holds red roses, yellow marigolds and green leaves. Nearby are a white conch shell, a brass ghee lamp with a lit flame, a brass bell, a brass kalasha-style vessel, small brass bowls with powders, a brass spoon, and a pink cloth with a white flower on a plate. No people are visible.2024-10-28A brass puja setup on a white table against a red wall and red floor. Two brass lamps with lit oil wicks flank the arrangement, along with a third lit lamp on the right. At the centre back sits a small figure in pink and red robes with a red-and-gold cloth beneath it, on a red cushion. Brass bowls hold red, yellow and orange powders, and a brass plate holds white jasmine flowers. 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Three orange lotus-shaped oil lamps are lit, one at each corner and one at right. A folded brown and gold patterned cloth and a folded red silk cloth with gold border sit at the back, with a small figure and yellow marigold garlands on them. A brass bowl holds red roses, orange and white flowers and yellow marigolds. A white conch shell, brass bell with handle, small brass cups of red and brown liquid, a brass dish of powders and a brass plate with empty small cups are arranged on the table. No people are visible.2025-12-06A small home puja altar on a white table against a red wall. Central in a brass plate is a deity murti draped in red cloth and heaped with red rose petals and red flowers, with a flower crown on its head. To the left stand a bunch of ripe bananas on a plate and a burning incense holder with smoke. Right of center is a red and gold border cloth folded behind. 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