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Three women in saris sit on the floor before a low maroon-draped table laden with brass puja vessels, small brass lamps, steel containers, a brass kalasha-style bowl, red kumkum and flower petals, and a golden sri yantra-style metal piece on a red cloth in the foreground. The woman at right in a pink and cream sari holds a phone, the woman in the centre wears a yellow and pink sari with a dark beaded necklace, and the woman at the back wears a maroon sari. Behind them stands a tall golden statue of a standing figure, a wall-mounted TV screen and a tripod. No a person candidate is visible in person; the only figure resembling a deity is a golden statue.

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