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A photograph inside a temple hall with rows of black stone murtis of a seated sage-like figure, each dressed in saffron-orange shawls with green-and-gold borders and garlanded with white and pink flower necklaces and rudraksha beads. In the centre, an older woman in a yellow-green sari and teal-blue border kneels and gestures over a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, her palms extended toward it. A young boy in a navy kurta and white trousers stands holding the brass tray of the lamp toward her. Beside them a woman in a pink sari with gold border sits on a red woven mat, and a woman in a dark green blouse kneels with hands folded in front of a brass plate holding offerings, a betel leaf and flower petals. A small child in a pink bunny sweatshirt watches at left. The setting suggests aarti and puja worship during Deepavali.

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