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A photo of a gau puja at an open-sided shed with a red wall and a tiled roof. A black-and-white spotted cow stands at right, draped with a green and yellow cloth with a yellow marigold garland at its neck. A woman in a pink saree lights or holds an oil lamp before the cow, and a woman in a white and red top stands beside her. At left a man in a blue shirt and white dhoti stands with palms pressed together in namaste. On a green-draped table behind him sit a small golden deity murti, brass oil lamps and candlesticks. Trees and a mud wall are visible behind the shed.

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