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Photograph of a puja inside a hall with white walls. A bare-chested man with swept-back dark hair, wearing a rudraksha mala and a gold-and-marigold garland, stands at right in a brown-and-gold dhoti, holding a brass conch-shaped vessel and passing a small brass bell to a young boy. Around him are about six young boys in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls with white forehead markings, some wearing beaded necklaces. A brass kalasha set and pots sit at the lower right, and a glowing screen behind shows a golden deity image. A blue sign on the right reads a silence and no-cell-phone notice. The setting appears to be a ritual or padapuja-style ceremony.

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