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Several boys sit cross-legged on a mat in a hall during a puja, with brass lamps, bowls of flowers and a brass plate of offerings on a pink cloth in front of them. The boy at center wears a dark brown striped kurta and white dhoti and holds a small brass vessel. The boy at right in white kurta and dhoti holds a small white cup, and the boy at left in cream kurta sits with eyes closed. Behind them, seated devotees in white and orange clothing watch, some with white and red tilak marks, and a few chairs are visible at the back.

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