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Indoor puja set-up in a room with white curtains. On a brass tray sits a black stone shivalinga on a small base, flanked by three small metal figures of deities or saints, with marigold petals and an orange pigment mark. Behind them, a large printed portrait of a bearded smiling man wearing a red-orange turban, ornate gold necklaces, a rudraksha-style mala and a garland of yellow marigolds and pink flowers is displayed. A brass ornate peetha or throne-like altar and a brass bowl stand at right, with marigold garlands draped nearby. The portrait is a printed picture, not a physical person.

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