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A seated puja gathering in a bright room with pale peach walls and a tripod at the back. A bald man in white dhoti and shawl with a yellow border, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold bracelet, sits with palms pressed together and eyes closed, with a small red bindi. Beside him a man in a light teal kurta with glasses sits in prayer. A woman in an orange sari with a red border stands behind a microphone with hands folded, and a man in white kurta sits at left with hands joined. Brass and silver offering plates with fruit sit in the foreground. Hindu ritual chanting or prayer.

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