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A covered outdoor-style hall during evening ritual worship. Three men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand at a long table lifting brass lamps and ceremonial vessels toward a shrine with a deity murti. Behind them a small kalasha-like brass item and a lit oil lamp stand. A man in an orange robe with shaved head stands at right, holding a brass lamp, in front of a red-and-orange shrine table. Seated devotees in white clothes line the left side. In the foreground a young girl in a pink sari and a man in white kneel among many brass lamps, a conch shell, and puja items spread on a mat. A tall orange cloth and banners with blue, red and yellow patterns hang from the ceiling. Oil lamps are lit.

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