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A dim, candlelit indoor shrine photographed at dusk. In the left foreground a person in a white top, with dark hair in a bun, leans over a low altar and pours liquid from a vessel onto a brass or copper lingam-style object. A tall garland of dark beads and gold-tinted flowers hangs on a dark pillar in the background. Small oil lamps, a brass puja plate with a kalasha-like vessel, a glowing oil lamp in the lower left, and small bottles and cloths are arranged on the altar. Plain pink-white walls and a framed picture at the top edge complete the setting. Only the one person is visible; the image is blurred.

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