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Indoor ritual scene in a plain hall with tiled floor and a reflective mirror panel on the wall. Several men in white dhotis with gold borders and sacred white markings on their foreheads and bodies, wearing rudraksha malas, perform a ritual. A standing man in the center holds a wooden object while another man in a white dhoti and mala is in front. On the red-and-green checked table sit a brass bowl and a black tray filled with yellow flowers, and a wicker basket of flowers. A woman in a white sari with gold border stands in the background beside a table with cloth. Oil lamps are at the left edge.

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