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A photograph of an indoor ritual room with a cream-coloured wall and tiled white floor. Devotees sit in a long row on the floor and on folding chairs facing a wall-mounted television showing a colourful religious scene. Coconuts, brass plates with fruit and flowers, and small offering dishes are arranged on mats in front of them. On the left, a woman in a white sari stands beside a table draped in red with brass vessels, and a deity murti stands near a purple-draped table. A man in a black shirt sits on a chair at the right with hands in anjali mudra. Several people in casual clothes sit cross-legged, and a hanging bell is visible near the ceiling.

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