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A photograph inside a home room during a house visit ritual. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with a white and red flower garland kneels beside a man in a brown shirt, both receiving attention from a woman in an orange-red sari with a rudraksha necklace and gold bangles, who holds a red object and gestures over them. Behind them, several onlookers stand, including a girl in a yellow top, a man in a blue t-shirt, boys in teal and navy tops, and a figure in white with a garland. Framed pictures hang on the wall, and a garlanded portrait sits at the top right. Count visible people roughly 10.

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