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Three young boys stand in a temple shrine holding brass plates of offerings in front of black stone deity murtis dressed in silk and flower garlands. The boy at left, bare-chested in a white dhoti, holds a plate of red and white petals; the middle boy in a saffron shawl and rudraksha mala holds a plate of white flowers and petals; the boy at right wears a red-and-gold shawl over bare shoulders and holds white petals. Brass bowls of fruit, nuts and dates sit on a purple cloth at left, and a girl and a woman in red sit on mats at right.

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