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Outdoors on stone steps at dusk, several women sit cross-legged in a devotional group. The woman centre-right has long platinum-white hair, sunglasses, a red-and-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala with a gold pendant, hands folded. Beside her a woman in white clothes and a wrap sits with eyes closed. At left, a woman in a white top with a dark rudraksha mala and white forehead marks sits with hands clasped. Foreground: small brass pots, a metal bowl, lotus-like red flowers and a kalasha-style vessel draped in yellow and white cloth, arranged as a puja offering. Possible temple or ghat setting; a man in orange clothing stands at far right edge.

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