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A woman in a white sari with gold border sits cross-legged at left, wearing glasses and bangles, ringing a brass bell and holding a small brass vessel during puja. Beside her stands a large golden deity murti with a trident, adorned with red, orange and white garlands, a blue silk skirt and gold jewellery. Brass lamps, a brass bowl of white flowers and red roses sit in the foreground, with a hanging orange and gold cloth above. No a person candidate is visible in the image.

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