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A large seated group of devotees performs an evening puja in a hall with a red-draped stage at the back. Many participants hold small lit oil lamps or flames raised toward the front, and brass plates with flowers and offerings sit on the floor. Foreground monks wear saffron and orange robes with shaved heads, and some wear white. Men in white kurtas with rudraksha malas, boys in colourful shirts, and women in saris and salwar kameez fill the rows.

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