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A ceremonial puja in a pillared hall with a red-draped floor. Several men seated in a row wear white dhotis, bare upper bodies or light shawls, rudraksha malas, and sandalwood or ash markings; a man in the foreground in a red-and-gold shawl speaks into a microphone. In front of them are brass pots, plantains, mangoes, betel leaves, coconuts and other offerings on banana leaves. Behind them, a decorated ornate canopy and yellow-and-red kalasha-style pillars wrapped in marigold garlands hang from the ceiling. A small deity murti sits on a decorated altar, and umbrellas stand in the background. Visible people: about 15, all men.

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