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A group of women sit on mats on the floor during a devotional ritual indoors, with brass oil lamps (diyas) and brass plates of flowers and offerings arranged in front of them. Behind them, a tiered wall is lined with rows of small deity murtis in orange and gold garments, each wearing a flower garland. A woman in a blue blouse wears a face mask, a woman in a red sari with a red-and-gold blouse wears a beaded necklace, a woman in a cream sari with gold border sits in the centre, and a woman in a cream sari with an orange blouse and a rudraksha mala sits in the foreground. A man in a white shirt and blue face mask sits at the back near a white cabinet, a girl in a yellow dress stands at right, and other attendees sit on chairs by a doorway with framed photographs on the wall.

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