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A photograph of a devotional puja inside a small room with turquoise walls. Devotees sit on the floor in a circle around a central puja arrangement with lit oil lamps, brass plates of fruit and flowers, and a decorated deity murti in orange and gold dress. Behind them a tiered shelf display is covered with small figurines and marigold garlands, and a wall shelf holds more figurines. A woman in a purple sari sits near the back and leads the rite, and a woman in a brown sari with a young child sits to the right. A man in a white shirt and a man in a green kurta sit on the left, and a girl in a green dress with a white flower in her hair stands at the right foreground. A white rangoli kolam decorates the floor. No printed text or a person depiction is visible.

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