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A woman with her hands pressed together in anjali mudra sits at a wooden table during a home puja, seen through a video call window labelled chitranarayan. She wears a white top and a red-and-gold garment. On the table are oil lamps lit in front of a small figurine of a deity seated on a red cloth, a silver plate with offerings, incense sticks, a brass bowl and a small silver ritual implement, with a silver Nataraja-style lamp stand behind. The wall is yellow and a wooden chair stands at right.

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