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A photograph of a puja being performed on a white marble floor. Brass plates and bowls hold rose petals, white flowers, a betel leaf, a small coconut-like offering and kumkum. Lit oil lamps and a brass bell sit on a brown woven mat. In the foreground, a man with white horizontal stripes painted on his bare shoulder and arms wears a rudraksha mala and gold bracelets and sits with his hands joined in prayer. Beside him, other devotees in white dhotis sit on a striped red, pink and green cloth, one with dark skin and gold bracelets, hands folded. A copper vessel stands at the top left. Watermarked archive image.

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