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Two devotees sit cross-legged on a carpeted temple floor performing puja. A man on the left wears a white striped kurta, white dhoti with a red border, and a blue surgical mask, and is washing or offering a silver plate of flowers and fruit. A woman beside him wears a deep purple silk sari with a metallic gold-and-silver border, a gold earring and bangles, and holds a silver tray with offerings. Behind them a deity murti sits on an ornate altar draped in red and orange cloth with yellow marigold garlands and oil lamps.

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