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A photograph of a small puja or Uppu Deepam offering on a colourful striped rug. In the foreground a man in a grey-and-white striped shirt, jeans and glasses points at a brass plate engraved with an Om symbol. Beside him a woman in a black t-shirt with a red bindi and white forehead marks points toward the offering. A girl in a magenta and multicoloured dress kneels over a low wooden table holding small brass oil lamps and a silver tray with yellow offerings. A brass oil lamp and a silver plate sit on the wooden table, and a folded blue cloth lies on the floor.

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