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A photograph of three women seated at a wooden table set for puja. On the table are brass plates of sliced fruit and red petals, small brass lamps and kalasha-style vessels, a dish of red kumkum, a lit white candle, and a tablet device. On the right, a woman in a cream silk sari with gold border wears a long red and white rudraksha-style mala and closes her eyes in meditation. In the centre, a woman in a blue kurta with purple bangles and a gold-toned dupatta sits with eyes closed. Behind them, a woman in a gold shawl presses her palms together in anjali. Saffron and orange cloth hangs in the background near a deity murti.

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