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A seated person in an orange and saffron garment sits before a shrine decorated with floral garlands, leaves and a wooden sign reading FAMILY. The person wears a brown woven headpiece with white flowers, layered rudraksha and bead malas, and a leafy garland. Behind them hang painted backdrops of blue-skinned Shiva with a crescent moon and a white bull, and an elephant-headed deity. Offerings of fruit, flowers, small brass vessels and oil lamps are arranged on a cloth-covered table, and a figure with a red floral crown stands to the left. A devotional puja setup in a Latin American sangha setting.

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