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A ritual puja on a red cloth in a red-walled room. A priest on the left, bare-chested with a white dhoti and an orange-yellow turban, holds a lit oil lamp aloft with smoke rising from it. Seated centrally is a figure in a pink-red turban and pink robes, wearing a long multicolour red, yellow and orange flower garland, with hands raised in a blessing gesture. In front are brass bowls, a kalasha-style pot, banana-leaf plates of offerings including sweets and fruit, a small lit lamp, incense sticks and a row of trident-topped stands. A pink silk cloth and yellow flower garland lie at right beside a potted plant. This appears to be a homa or puja observance.

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