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Annadhan food offering arranged before a shrine with white marble deity statues and a dark black-faced deity murti. Two standing figures on the left wear crowns and red, blue and gold garments, one with raised hands. The central dark deity wears a blue and purple silk sari, layered gold and white garlands, and a crown with a trident-like headpiece. On the maroon-draped table sit steel pots of curry, a large plate of green-herbed rice, and plates of round sweets. A brass bell, a brass lamp with a flame, and brass puja plates with kumkum sit on the right. A bronze animal figure sits on a purple paisley pedestal. No people are visible.

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