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A photograph of a temple-hall scene where a woman with a rudraksha mala and gold earrings, wearing a cream top and white sari, hands a small packet to a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with white tripundra on his forehead and a white-and-bead necklace. Behind them, a wooden box holds stacks of white-wrapped packets and a second box with more items, and orange-clad people stand near a carved gold doorway. A banner on the right shows deity and sage imagery with printed text. The setting suggests a distribution of sacred packets at a temple.

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