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A small indoor room with a wooden shelf of framed photos and statues behind seated devotees during a group puja. On the left, a large printed image on a stand shows a figure in a red-orange turban and saffron robes wearing a garland, with a microphone stand beside it; it is a depiction on a screen or print, not a person present. A low table holds flowers, brass vessels and a laptop. Around a white cloth on the floor, several people sit: an older woman in white, a woman in cream dress holding a brass tray, a woman in a patterned sari, and people in white in the foreground. A man in a white shirt sits against the back wall near the glass doors. Brass plates, a tray of small ritual items and a red tray are arranged on the floor.

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