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A large crowd of devotees sits on mats inside a covered open-sided temple hall decorated with hanging paper lanterns in orange, yellow and blue and green foliage garlands. Many seated people wear marigold garlands; women wear saris in pink, purple, orange and blue, and men wear white dhotis and kurtas. In the centre, a man in white robes sits on a low platform near a red tray with ritual items, and a woman in a maroon sari sits nearby. Several deity murtis, brightly painted, stand on red-draped altars at the back. On the right foreground a person in a grey top stands facing the hall. Photos and banners line the walls.

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