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Indoor home shrine ritual in a plain room with pale yellow walls and a brown wooden cupboard. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold border, holding a small lamp, stands before a deity figure with garlands of red, green and yellow flowers. Several women in saris, one in a red sari holding a baby and another in green and gold with hands in anjali, along with a young girl, stand in a line with hands folded in prayer. Brass oil lamps with lit flames and peacock feather fans sit in front of the altar, with framed deity pictures on the wall and a small brass kalasha on the shelf.

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