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Three devotees perform puja in a small home shrine with floral wallpaper and an illuminated wall niche. A framed portrait of a man with long dark hair and a garland hangs on the wall above a red draped table holding a flame, a plant in a vase and flower offerings. A woman in a white blouse and white sari with a white flower garland and gold bangles kneels with hands folded, head bowed. In the centre, a woman in a maroon sari with gold border and an orange-yellow garland lights or offers at the flame. At right, a man in a white shirt bows with palms joined. The portrait's subject cannot be confirmed from appearance, so no identification is made.

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