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Outdoors at a riverside ghat with stone steps and a hazy crowd behind. In the foreground a figure in orange robes and a long-haired wig with a red tilak sits before a gilded ornate frame. Layers of marigold and leaf garlands and gold beaded necklaces adorn them, and they bow over a red wooden stand holding small bronze deity murtis and orange flower offerings. Beside them a man in white kurta and white trousers with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala sits with folded hands, wearing glasses. Several women in saris and headscarves sit behind, and a copper vessel and brass lamp are on the ground at the front. Ritual puja setting.

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