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Evening puja at a temple pavilion with gilded pillars. A golden seated statue of a figure with hands in anjali mudra, wearing a red and gold crown, a garland of white and yellow flowers and gold ornaments, sits on the left beside a golden arch. In front, a tray holds lit oil lamps, flowers, fruit and brass vessels on an orange cloth. Several women in saris, one in orange, stand with palms joined in prayer and a young child stands among them. On the right a man in a yellow jacket with a red and white shawl and a girl seated on the floor face the offerings. No visible a person is identifiable.

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