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A crowded indoor room where devotees in white and cream traditional dress, many with gold-bordered saris and white mundus, gather around a figure reclining on the floor. The figure wears a thick garland of red roses and white flowers and is surrounded by scattered petals; green fruits such as limes are being offered, one woman in a cream sari holding them out. Other devotees in yellow, brown and white stand around a white pedestal fan, a wicker basket of fruit sits in front, and a flat-screen television is on the left. A wall banner with Tamil or Kannada script hangs above. The atmosphere suggests darshan with fruit offerings.

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