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A small shrine room with pale green walls. A man kneels at the lower right in a bare-chested state with white dhoti, performing puja before a seated figure in an orange and red garland-draped sitting form with an orange-red headpiece, with a white and red garland. Oil lamps burn on the floor in front of the seated figure, and a white paper label sits on its base. On the left, a framed painting shows a standing figure holding a trident, with a small figure and offerings below. A smaller framed picture of a deity with a blue background hangs on the wall, and a trident is mounted on the wall at right.

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