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A photograph of a Maheshwara Puja ritual in an open pavilion with a woven bamboo backdrop and a concrete floor. A figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange shawl and a red-and-white garland, sits on a white-draped seat at right, with a seated attendant beside them. A woman in white with an orange shawl kneels at left, and a young woman in white with an orange shawl leans forward holding a green leaf near a brass kalasha. Two seated men in white with orange shawls sit at left with brass vessels, and a row of onlookers in white stands in the background. The image is a Maheshwara Puja at AadiKailaasa, Bidadi, per the page; the seated figure's appearance is not clear enough to confirm a person.

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