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A temple puja scene with rows of brass bowls filled with coloured offerings, fruits, sweets, grains and nuts spread on a leopard-print cloth in the foreground. Two priests sit on the floor: the left one, bare-chested with a white dhoti and a sacred thread, looks to the side, while the right one, bare-chested with a white cloth over his shoulder and rudraksha-style beads, holds a ceremonial implement over a gold-coloured pedestal bearing a bowl of red and yellow flowers. Behind them stand deity murtis in ornate garments and garlands on a decorated altar, with a wall of pink and red roses, a copper vessel of roses, and a stone sculpture at right. A pair of brass lamps and folded red and gold cloth rest nearby. This appears to be a naivedyam offering for a puja.

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