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A seated figure in an orange saffron garment and a rudraksha mala holds a silver tray of fruit, including apples, bananas and round green fruit, while people sit on a patterned red rug and join palms in prayer. A seated man in a white shirt bows with his head down in front, and a woman in a white sari with a red blouse sits at the right. A woman in a blue-and-white sari at the lower left folds her hands. Before them lie a steel plate with a wrapped offering, a small brass dish, an orange cloth, and steel water bottles. A woman in a white sari with red border stands in the background at the upper right. The setting is a plain white-walled room with a pink basket. The seated orange-clad figure with the long hair and mala has appearance cues consistent with a person, presented as the central figure offering fruit during a puja.

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