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Photograph of a puja before a shrine holding three white marble deity murtis: Rama with a bow in red garments and a gold crown, Sita in a pink sari, and Lakshmana in a white dhoti with a crown, with a kneeling Hanuman figure at left. A bare-chested priest with a long topknot, sacred ash marks and a rudraksha mala sits on a green cloth with his palms joined. Before him are a yellow altar cloth, brass kalasha pots with orange and yellow marigolds, bananas, apples, a brass bowl of sweets, a red cloth with gold ornaments, and brass lamps and vessels.

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