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A woman in a red sari with a gold border stands in the foreground, seen from behind, hands folded in prayer near a wooden doorway. Beyond the doorway, a shrine niche framed by a gold arch and orange-and-white flower garlands holds a seated figure in red and gold cloth with a tilak on the forehead, presumably a deity murti, with a brass hanging lamp above and a brass oil lamp and a red-draped kalasha offering on a red cushion before it. A yellow and red floral floor border lines the threshold, and a gold curtain hangs at the right. The scene reads as a shrine visit with puja-style devotion.

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