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Indoor ritual aarti scene in a classroom-like room with barred windows and a vehicles chart on the wall. An elderly man in white dhoti and shirt, with a rudraksha mala, holds a brass lamp with a flame while a younger man in white and an orange shawl offers a plate. A man in white shirt and brown trousers stands with palms pressed together in namaste. A woman in a green sari stands behind, and a man in white stands at the right edge. Toy vehicles sit on the floor and shelf at right, with brass lamps nearby.

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