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A woman in a cream silk saree with a gold-toned bangle and a dark beaded mala around her neck feeds a brown cow with a rope halter inside a covered shed. Behind her, a gold-domed shrine holds a silver-clad deity murti flanked by lamps, and a figure in orange garments stands in the background near the cow. The scene suggests a gau seva offering at a temple, with food offered to the cow.

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