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A night puja at an open-sided pavilion with a corrugated roof and strings of dried leaves overhead. A large deity murti in white and gold garlanded with marigolds dominates the right, with a lion and a Ganesha figure beside it. In front, a sacred fire burns in a wooden-framed fire pit, and a priest in white dhoti with a bright pink turban stands at its edge, while another priest in an orange-red shawl stands beside him. A woman in a white sari with a red border kneels in the foreground before a brass oil lamp, and a dish of red chillies sits on the floor. Brass vessels, flowers and a lit oil lamp are arranged around the fire. Several other robed attendants stand in the background.

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