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Indoor puja in a living room with a white marble fireplace and a mantel crowded with brass deity figurines and framed photos. A framed portrait of a woman in orange with garlands sits on a stand beside a gilded arched frame with a blue cloth and a decorative bronze-coloured figure. Seated devotees on a blue rug face the shrine. A man in white dhoti and shawl with a red-bordered cloth stands at centre, and a man at right in white shawl with a green-and-gold border stands holding a fan. Offerings and a brass plate sit before the shrine, and a large flat screen and dark curtains fill the background.

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