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A woman in a cream fitted top and white draped garment leans over a small altar and lights a lamp placed before a framed black-and-white photo of a Shiva lingam wrapped in leaves. Behind the altar stands a golden statue seated on a yellow pedestal, wearing a maroon and gold turban, a layered silver necklace and a maroon gold-bordered shawl, with one hand raised in blessing and a red flower held in the other. Pink lotus flowers, green leaves and a brass plate of leaves sit on a maroon cloth, with several small oil lamps glowing in the foreground on a wooden table. The setting is a plain ashram-style room with cinderblock walls and black-tiled steps.