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A photograph inside a small room at a puja and meditation centre. On the left wall hangs a framed photo of a man with long dark hair in white robes and gold border, seated on an ornate throne, wearing a rudraksha-style mala, garlanded with yellow marigolds and red flowers. To the right, a blue poster reads Dhyanapeedam with a portrait of a man in a white head wrap. In the foreground, a boy in a blue checked shirt and glasses sits cross-legged beside a woman in an orange and yellow sari with folded hands, eyes lifted. Below, brass oil lamp with flame, incense sticks, brass bowls, a kalasha-style vessel, fruit and flower offerings on a white cloth, and two small framed deity pictures garlanded with flowers. A hand reaches in from the lower right to tend the lamp. Only the boy, woman and one partially visible person are physically present.

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