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A ritual puja in an indoor hall. In the left foreground, a seated figure in a tiger-striped orange and black cloth wears a long necklace of white beads and has a white band on the forehead; he is reaching toward a tray. Center, a man in a white dhoti and sleeveless white garment with a saffron-yellow sash and rudraksha beads stands with hands pressed to his chest, a white tilak on his forehead. Beside him a woman in white and orange robes stands near a gilded deity murti and a brass plate of apples and other fruit. Behind, several people in white and orange-red shawls stand watching, and a person in the lower right in orange cloth bows over the setup. A table with audio equipment and cables is at right, and green foliage at left.

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