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A collage-style graphic pairing a photograph with handwritten and printed text about a puja offering. On the left, a smiling man stands on one leg in a dance pose with raised arms, wearing a white forehead marking, a tall dark topknot, layered beaded necklaces and bracelets, and a leopard-print wrap over maroon trousers; the background is a blue and orange painted wall. The photo carries a copyright caption. On the right, a scan of handwritten notes in Tamil and red-ink Sanskrit verses, with a blue heading and a printed transliteration and English gloss describing the offering of tāmbūlam, betel leaves. The page refers to a 1996 puja manual. No physical people are present in the graphic itself beyond the pictured figure in the photograph.