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A puja ritual in a room with yellow walls and a shrine of deity murtis, garlanded with a fabric-and-flower garland hanging at the left edge. A man with a shaved-looking forehead marked with white tilak, long dark hair and a leopard-print shawl over an ochre garment, wearing a gold ring and rudraksha-style beads, sits cross-legged with his hands at a brass plate. A woman in a white sari with a red blouse and a red bindi, wearing glasses, pours liquid from a small brass cup into a brass bowl filled with yellow and red flowers and green leaves. Brass vessels, a brass bowl of offerings, a printed sheet and a striped mat sit on the floor, and an incense stick is visible. Two people are visible in the scene, and their roles are shown by their positions at the puja.

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