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Several women in saffron and rust-red saris and dhotis cluster together in a temple hall, sharing prasad. A woman in a rust-red sari with a dark bun and gold nose ring holds a yellow sweet to the mouth of a younger woman in an orange sari with a dark rudraksha-style mala. Other women on the left and right hold yellow prasad in their hands, smiling. In the background, several men with bare upper bodies, white forehead markings and orange cloth wrapped at the waist stand in the hall, with pillars and floral decorations behind them. No identifiable a person candidate is visible.

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