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A small room with white walls and a patterned rug where a house puja is taking place. A shaved-headed young person in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala sits on the left, holding a small brass bowl. Beside them a woman in a white and red-bordered sari and a woman in white and gold kasavu-style dress sit on the floor, one extending her arm. A young man in a white kurta and rudraksha mala at right extends his hands toward a brass tray holding yellow fruit, flowers and offerings, while an attendant in a maroon and gold dhoti sits at the bottom left. A standing person in an orange top and a seated elderly woman are at the edge of the frame. No readable text.

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