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A photograph of a small tiled room with a blue cloth on the floor where a puja is being performed. A woman in a cream-white saree with a gold border kneels at left, offering something on a square wooden tray. Two men in orange ochre robes kneel in the centre and right; one has long dark hair and a gold necklace, the other wears a wristwatch and holds rice-like offerings over the tray. Fruit plates with apples and oranges, bowls, silver cups, flower garlands and a brass pot are arranged on the floor. A photo caption overlay reads Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam

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