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Photograph of a large hall with a pale tiled floor and white draped tables along the walls, where devotees in traditional attire move about. In the foreground a man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl stands with his back to the camera, hands joined. Nearby a man wears a maroon striped kurta with white dhoti, another in white kurta and dhoti stands in the centre, and a woman in white sari and a young person in white kurta with an orange sash stand at left. Others in teal, green and white clothing attend tables with steel vessels and offerings. Overcast lighting and a patterned hanging cloth at the upper right. Approximately fifteen to twenty people are visible.

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