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A photograph of a ritual in a bright, white-walled room. A figure seated on the right wears a rust-red garment, a white-and-red flower garland, bangles and a forehead mark, and holds a tall silver trident (trishul). Before them, a seated man in white holds a lit oil lamp with a flame while a woman in a blue sari and a seated man in white with a rudraksha mala receive or offer with their hands. Standing behind are devotees in orange and saffron robes, one young man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala, and a woman in a red-and-gold sari with palms pressed together. A brass plate of pink flowers rests on the floor. The scene appears to be an aarti or puja with lamp and flowers.

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