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A photograph of a puja at an indoor shrine. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a rose-and-white flower garland, an orange-brown dhoti with a gold border and gold bangles, holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward an ornate golden peetha decorated with multicoloured marigold and rose garlands. Seated on it is a brown-robed deity murti or statue with a crown. A younger boy in an orange robe and rudraksha mala kneels nearby holding a plate of offerings, and a man on the left has a white tilak and joins his palms in prayer. A floor air cooler and a maroon curtain are behind them.

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