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A bare-chested priest in a cream-coloured turban and white dhoti with gold border sits cross-legged on a striped multicoloured rug, facing a low metal table laid with puja offerings. The table holds silver plates of bananas, apples, oranges, a silver bowl of coloured powder, a silver kalasha-like vessel and a small deity murti. Beside it, a tall brass oil lamp and a conical kalasha draped in blue cloth with a silver necklace and flower garland stand on a green cloth. Behind the rope barrier, several seated women in green, brown, yellow and red saris watch the puja. Fruit offerings and a metal bowl of orange pieces sit on the floor in front.

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