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Outdoor puja on a grassy patch before an orange-painted wall with a floral cloth. A central figure in orange robes with a white band across the forehead and a white-and-magenta flower garland sits cross-legged, hands joined over an offering. Nearby, a man in orange sits with a microphone singing or chanting, and a bearded man in a red sweatshirt sits with palms joined. A man in a grey cap and white kurta sits at left beside a bowl of apples and marigold heaps. Standing devotees in saffron and orange clothing, one with a rudraksha mala and tilak, watch from behind, and a man in a pink-checked cloth folds his hands at right. Brass plates hold marigolds, rice, kumkum and fruit.

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