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A woman in a red sari with a colourful embroidered blouse stands with palms pressed together in namaskar before an offering table in a temple shrine. On the table are a plate of nuts, a tray of fruits including pineapple, oranges, apples and grapes, and a green cloth. Behind her a golden lion-shaped stand and a seated deity murti wearing a red-brown turban and garlands of marigold and rudraksha-like beads stand near a blue-skinned deity in orange robes with jewelled necklaces. A brass plate of yellow sweets sits at left, and a golden cloth hangs over a small shrine. The scene shows puja with fruit offerings.

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