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A home shrine set up for Guru Purnima offering on a red sheer cloth. A large printed portrait on a wall-mounted canvas shows a figure in saffron-orange clothing and a saffron turban, wearing a gold necklace and rudraksha-style beaded garland, seated on a striped tiger skin over a wooden stool. Below it, a low table holds bananas, an apple, sweets, a lit candle, brass oil lamps, a small deity murti, a plate of pink flower petals, a brass jug and a small framed black-and-white portrait of a woman in white. A small framed picture of a deity and a bowl of offerings sit on the table. A printed group photo appears at the right edge. The wall behind is lime green.

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