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A photograph of a seated woman in a red wrap and leopard-print garment, with a marigold and rudraksha garland, a red bindi and a yellow-painted forehead, lighting an oil lamp with a small flame. Before her on a red-draped table sit a silver bowl, a silver kalasha with a spout, a clear crystal lingam on a stand, and a tray of flowers. A silver ornate throne and marigold garlands on a pole frame the scene, with pink-lit draping behind. Evening setting. The appearance-based cues are a rudraksha mala and a red-and-leopard-print wrap, but the image is not clear enough to confirm which person she is, so this is a devotee performing a lamp ritual at a shrine table.

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