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Photograph of a ritual scene indoors in a red-walled hall with spotlights and a crystal chandelier. In the foreground a woman in an orange-yellow saree with red border applies something to the forehead of another woman, who wears an orange saree with red border, rudraksha mala beads and a white vertical forehead mark. Other women in orange sarees hold yellow flower petals in their cupped hands. Behind them, people in white clothes with red borders are seated and bending. A poster on the left wall shows photographs and text. Appears to be a Maheshwara Pooja style devotional gathering. No identifiable a person figure is visible.

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