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Photograph of a puja offering arranged before a shrine at a temple. In the foreground, a brass tray holds fresh fruit: pomegranate, apple, lemon, orange, strawberries, a mango, a cucumber and a halved white coconut. Brass vessels with lids, a brass lamp with a lit oil flame, a brass spouted vessel, flower petals and a green betel-type leaf sit on a copper cloth. Behind them stands a small metal deity murti with multiple arms holding a trident, on a brass pedestal, with a brass kalasha and a wooden stand. A figure wrapped in a pink and gold cloth sits on a shrine platform, and marigold garlands hang at the top. A partial figure in white and orange-bordered dhoti stands at the right edge beside a phone on a tripod, indicating livestreaming.

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