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A photo of a devotional offering display with no people visible. At the back, a life-size cutout figure of a smiling man wears an orange turban, a long gold-and-ivory shawl printed with Om and "Namah Shivay", and a gold necklace over an orange garment; it is a printed cutout, not a physical person. Behind it hangs a backdrop of orange rock cliffs. The cutout stands among framed deity pictures, a small brass deity figure, a gold lamp, pink flowers, fruit including oranges, a pineapple, apples, bananas and a papaya, and a brass tray of sweets. A white table in front holds many small steel bowls of nuts, grains, pickles, dried fruit, green apples, snacks, a white cake, a brass bell and a conch-shaped object. The scene reads as a Guru Purnima offering spread.

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