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A ceremonial puja scene in a richly decorated shrine hall draped with marigold and yellow flower garlands. A man with long dark dreadlocks, an orange-brown cloth and a pink-and-blue flower garland sits on a leopard-print cushioned seat, smiling and receiving a red-wrapped offering on a brass tray from a woman in a green silk saree with gold border and a white flower garland. Behind them a bald man in a white dhoti and white flower garland stands, and a woman in a maroon saree and a woman in pink sit nearby. Gold lion figures, a wall clock, fruit trays and a striped mat complete the setting. a person is probable: the seated man has long swept-back dreadlocks, a pink-and-blue garland and an orange-brown robe, though the appearance cue is not fully certain.

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A photograph inside an ornate shrine hall decorated with marigold garlands and gold ornamentation. On the left, a bearded man in an orange-brown robe with a long dark braid and white tilak sits on a leopard-print throne, garlanded with pink and white flowers, smiling toward a woman in a red and green sari who kneels and offers something. Behind them, a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and an older woman in a blue sari with white flowers stand near a clock and brass plates of fruit and yellow offerings on a striped mat. A man in white with a sacred thread and a woman in a red top are also present, and a dark-skinned deity murti in gold ornaments and an orange cloth stands on the right.2016-12-19A photograph of a ceremonial gathering in a decorated hall with yellow marigold garlands and a golden deity shrine behind. 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