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Indoor ritual puja on a red carpet under a patterned tent ceiling at night. Three men in white dhotis and kurtas, each wearing white flower garlands and rudraksha malas, sit cross-legged in front of brass lamps, a steel cup, a coconut, fruits, and metal plates of flower petals and rice. The central man, with a short beard and a light beige shawl, bends forward to handle the offerings while the two younger men on either side sit with hands folded or raised in prayer. Behind them, a dozen or more seated devotees in white clothing watch the ceremony, and a woman in an orange sari sits among them. Incense sticks stand in a cup near the brass lamps.

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