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Indoor ritual scene with a man seated before a silver puja tray holding a silver cup and pouring liquid from a silver kalasha that drips over a silver lingam-style stand. He wears an orange-red and gold garment, gold necklace of beads, gold bangles and armlets, and a vertical white tilak on his forehead. Behind him, a large golden lion-head ornament and a flower arrangement. A second seated person in white garments and rudraksha mala sits to the right, with a white tilak, near a white-robed figure and a pedestal fan. Yellow flower petals and a silver plate with offerings fill the foreground. Appearance cues for the man in front (gold necklace, orange clothing) are present but the face is partly turned away, so identity is uncertain.

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