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A group of devotees sits on the floor of a hall performing a ritual before a row of orange-robed deity figures garlanded with flower strands. A man in a cream kurta bends forward toward a seated woman in a white sari with gold border, while others sit with palms pressed together or hands raised to the mouth. Brass oil lamps with lit flames and brass plates of white flower offerings and green leaves are arranged on white cloths and blue-and-gold mats. A woman in a blue sari sits at left and a woman in a red sari with a beaded necklace is nearby; a bald man in white sits in the background. Gold-framed windows and a wall heater are visible at right.

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