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A photograph of an indoor Hindu puja in a temple hall with a dark wall and a row of deity murtis in front of an orange-robed backdrop. On the left, a seated figure in a white garment and white head wrap sits on a red-cushioned wooden throne, garlanded with green and white flowers. Center, a shirtless man in white dhoti with gold border holds a brass plate, and beside him a bare-chested man with hands folded in prayer stands near a small fire pit with flames and yellow-wrapped offering blocks. On the right, a bare-chested man in white dhoti with gold border holds a brass bell and wears an orange head cloth and rudraksha-style necklace, with white sacred ash markings on his arms and chest. Brass vessels, bananas or mango-like fruit offerings, and a standing lamp are arranged on rugs. A television on the back wall shows a screen. Roughly five to six people are visible.

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