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Interior of a temple shrine during a puja. On the right, a deity murti seated on a blue-draped pedestal is dressed in a red and gold sari and decorated with garlands of yellow, purple and white flowers. In the foreground, a stone shivalinga-style platform stands before the shrine with a metal pot and brass lamp stands with oil lamps. On the left, a man in white dhoti and yellow shawl stands with palms joined in namaskar, and several people kneel and pray in the background near a notice board. Visible actions are prayer and offering, with no clearly identifiable a person in the scene.

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