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A photograph taken at a temple during a ritual offering. In the foreground, several devotees sit or kneel along a blue-and-white railing, and a man in a white shirt holds out an offering. A brass tray holds marigold garlands, fruit, and folded cloth. Behind them, a man in a white dhoti and a man in a teal lungi stand on a metal floor, and a person in a yellow garment is at the right edge; a yellow cloth bag hangs from the white-dhoti figure's hand. A woman in an orange sari wears a rudraksha mala. The timestamp reads 28 November 2022 10:25 am.

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