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A woman in a pink blouse and blue-and-pink patterned saree stands beside a black-and-white spotted cow in a cowshed, holding a small brass object near a gold-coloured shrine niche. The cow wears a red and yellow garland around its neck and has yellow marks on its horns, and it is grazing on straw. Inside the golden niche, on a green cloth-draped base, sits a small statue of a seated figure with an orange turban and white garments, with oil lamps burning on either side. The red-walled shed is lit by overhead lights. This appears to be a go seva (cow service) ritual at a gaushala, with the cow garlanded and a lamp lit before the deity figure.

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