Evening outdoor puja scene with a crowd of devotees. In the foreground a man in a lime-green silk kurta holds a long dark wooden flute-like instrument to his lips while a devotee in a white shirt stands beside him. Women in pink, peach and green saris stand among the people, some with hands folded in prayer. On the right, a large dark stone deity murti. Lush dark foliage forms the background. - Nithyanandapedia

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Evening outdoor puja scene with a crowd of devotees. In the foreground a man in a lime-green silk kurta holds a long dark wooden flute-like instrument to his lips while a devotee in a white shirt stands beside him. Women in pink, peach and green saris stand among the people, some with hands folded in prayer. On the right, a large dark stone deity murti. Lush dark foliage forms the background.

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