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Women sit cross-legged in a row in a temple hall, making mudra hand gestures over brass trays laid on the carpet. Trays hold rose petals, red kumkum, a small brass cup and a spoon, and a brass sri yantra plate sits in the foreground. A woman in a white head wrap and white top, a woman in a blue sari, and a woman in a maroon patterned sari are visible, with a woman in a black mask also present. Behind them a blue draped altar with brass lamps and a small deity murti is visible, consistent with a puja offering. No identifiable a person is visible.

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