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Indoor temple room with a row of black stone seated murti statues draped in garlands of orange and yellow flowers and red cloth. A woman in an orange sari with gold border and a red rudraksha mala holds a brass bowl on a tray, facing a woman in a maroon top and grey leggings who gestures with raised hands. Behind them a woman in a yellow top and white cardigan stands barefoot, and a young boy in a blue t-shirt watches at right. On the lower right, brass puja vessels, a lit oil lamp and a brass plate sit on an orange cloth.

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