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A row of seated devotees in a temple hall performs a ritual puja with oil lamps and brass implements. The foreground man wears an orange turban, rudraksha mala beads and a white dhoti with gold border, holding a small lamp and a brass bell-like object. Men beside him, bare-chested with white sacred markings on their bodies and white dhotis, hold lamps and offerings. Small flames and a brass lamp sit on a low mat in front of them. Count of visible people is about six.

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