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A row of seated devotees in white dhotis and shawls performs a puja ritual indoors, holding incense sticks and offering lamps on brass trays. Several men wear rudraksha malas and white and sandalwood-coloured body markings, and some are bare-chested. Brass plates hold flowers, fruit, oil lamps and a small brass bell in front of them, while a copper vessel sits at left. A framed deity portrait hangs on the wall in the upper left, and a purple-and-white bottle stands nearby. The setting suggests a padapuja and satsang gathering.

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