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A row of women seated in profile in a temple hall, wearing saris in red, orange-gold, white and pink, with white and orange flower garlands and rudraksha beads around their necks. Several wear vermilion and turmeric marks on the forehead and nose studs. Gold-coloured lamps with a flame sit at the left edge, and a priest in the upper right, bare-chested with a gold ornament and red-thread bracelets, leans toward them holding a small object. Behind the row, a gilded canopy and a blurred seated figure appear. This looks like a puja or ritual offering scene.

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