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A photograph of an indoor hall with pale walls and a grey concrete floor, set up for a puja. Several seated men in white dhotis sit on mats in front of a raised platform, with a young girl in pink and a woman in white seated among them. Brass trays of offerings, small oil lamps and flowers are arranged on the floor. In the background, a decorated stage holds deity murtis flanked by green foliage backdrop. To the right, a large empty red throne with a portrait figure stands beside decorated statues garlanded with flowers. Hanging saffron and maroon fabric bands decorate the ceiling.

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