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Three coconut figures dressed as deities sit side by side on a red cloth-covered table, decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands and scattered red flower petals. The central figure wears a silver crown with a crescent and red bindi-like dots and white cloth, flanked by two smaller figures in white cloth with red-flower hair adornments. Two silver oil lamps with lit flames stand at either side, and green foliage and a shiny blue backdrop appear behind. Palm-leaf strips and purple border cloth decorate the table. This appears to be a deity murti arrangement made of coconuts, possibly for a ritual display, with no visible people.

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