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A ceremonial puja inside a hall with plain concrete walls decorated with hanging garlands and coloured banners, a green umbrella overhead, and banana plants at the sides. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a purple sash stands at right, facing a central figure in a rust-brown robe with a long garland, who holds up a flower or ritual object. Around them stand men in white and saffron dhotis, some with shaved heads, and a woman in a purple sari at back. A bronze vessel with a sprinkling implement and a pot of fruit sit on a red cloth in front, and a smoking incense or fire pit rises at left. Ornate flower garlands in red, yellow and white cover an altar table at right, with a small oil lamp nearby. The figure in the centre has dark, swept-back hair and fits the page's a person reference only weakly; the cues are insufficient to confirm, so the identity is left unsure.

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