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A photograph of a ritual puja in an indoor hall decorated with a large floral arch of white jasmine and pink-edged garlands framing a shrine-like altar. A young man in white dhoti and kurta stands at the altar holding a brass oil lamp (deepa) with a lit flame. Behind him, several men in white clothes kneel and tend to steel vessels and offering trays on a green-and-white striped mat. Two figures in saffron-orange robes stand at the left edge. Floodlight stands and a speaker are visible, and a white draped curtain hangs on the right wall.

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