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A house-interior puja scene on a marble floor. On the left, a priest in orange and red robes with a flower garland and red-orange shawl holds a silver ceremonial staff topped with a ornamental finial, beside a brass plate with offerings. Behind him stand several young ascetic-style attendants in orange saffron robes, rudraksha malas and tilak marks, and an attendant in white dhoti with gold waist cloth. Seated devotees in white shirts and white dhotis sit with hands folded in namaskar. A woman in a green sari with jasmine in her hair kneels before the plate, and a man in white kneels to the right. Calendars hang on the pale green wall and a wooden door and window frame the room.

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