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A brass ritual vessel with a tall kalasha-style top stands on an ornate gold-toned pedestal before a deity murti draped in green silk and jewelled gold ornaments, with garlands of flowers at the edges. In the foreground, a silver tray holds small steel bowls of offerings including yellow sweets, lentils, rice dishes, dried fruit and vegetables, with pink flower petals in a silver bowl beside. A hand holding a gold ladle is visible at the upper left. Turquoise and green silk cloth drapes the altar, and a small gold figure stands at the left edge.

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