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Outdoor puja scene with devotees seated on a white floor before a yellow-draped wooden altar table. A long-haired man in orange robes with a long orange shawl pours liquid from a brass bowl over a small golden sculpture of a deity murti and a golden stepped pedestal. Another man in orange kneels at the altar in front of him, handling an offering. Around them, devotees in orange and saffron robes, orange shawls and rudraksha-style beads sit listening; a white-clad man with an orange shawl sits among them. A microphone stand stands at the front, marigold garlands and flower offerings lie on brass plates, and a red pillar and banners appear behind. Probable Swamiji is the long-haired man pouring from the bowl: his long dark hair, orange robes and orange shawl are visible cues, and he is performing an abhishekam-style ritual.

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