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A ritual puja in a temple hall with colourful striped mats. In the foreground, a grey-haired man with rudraksha beads and white sandalwood markings sits with hands joined in prayer, next to a man in a cream turban and red shawl. Two priests in white dhotis sit with bare upper bodies and yellow cloth draped over their shoulders; the central priest wears a cream headcloth and sits with hands joined before a tray of lotus buds, bundled wooden sticks and bowls, and a yellow stone fire pit. Behind them a gilded throne-like chair with pink fabric stands beside seated women in saris, and a deity murti is visible on a shelf at the back. Brass oil lamps and a signboard reading KAILA... HOUS... are on the right.

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