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A ritual offering table set outdoors before a red-painted temple structure. At center a silver kalasha topped with a coconut is garlanded with yellow marigolds and red flowers. A silver tray holds a heap of white round sweets, possibly modak or laddu-like balls. Nearby are a silver lamp stand with a dried garland, small bowls of kumkum, turmeric, red powder and rose petals on a silver plate, and a red-and-gold patterned cloth covers the table. Two people in orange-brown robes are partly visible at the edges, one at the left and one with a hand at the lower right, but their faces are not shown. The scene reads as a puja preparation.

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