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Priests and young boys seated on the floor of a hall perform a ritual puja. Many boys wear orange-saffron dhotis and shawls, rudraksha malas, and white forehead tilaka bands, and they hold golden horn-shaped vessels. One man in a white dhoti and shawl with a gold border sits in the centre holding a ceremonial item. Brass and steel bowls, a brass pot, marigold garlands, flower offerings and a black stone lingam-like object are arranged in front of them. A large audience in white clothes sits behind on chairs and the floor, and an orange gold-trimmed shrine stands at the back.

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