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Indoor puja in a hall with a tiled floor and cream walls. In the foreground a bare-chested sadhu in orange dhoti sits cross-legged with white horizontal markings on his body, a rudraksha mala and gold pendant, holding a lit flame over a brass puja tray. To his right a man in a blue shirt with a rudraksha garland and a bell in hand sits by brass oil lamps. Behind them rows of women in orange and red saris sit with lit oil lamps and tall yellow pillars. A striped mat and a jute bag sit on the floor in front.

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