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Five seated devotees sit in folding chairs on a white marble floor in a large hall with yellow-ochre walls. A woman in black top with hands in anjali mudra sits at left; beside her a woman in white shawl and white outfit sits with hands clasped in lap. In the centre a man in grey hoodie and yellow dhoti sits cross-legged with bare feet. At right a woman in pale green and cream sari with gold border presses palms together, and a man in blue sweater and white scarf with flat cap sits with hands in anjali. Behind them along the left wall stand deity murtis with crowns, garlands and orange drapery, and a bronze bell hangs from the ceiling near a flat-screen television.

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