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A photograph of an outdoor puja under a yellow-pillared pavilion with bamboo behind it. On the left, a bare-backed priest sits facing a raised earthen altar decorated with yellow flower petals, with a brass bowl of yellow powder and offerings placed on it. In the upper left, a deity murti is dressed with a garland of marigolds and red flowers beneath a canopy. Seated at right, a bare-chested man in saffron-orange cloth with a rudraksha mala reads from a book on a wooden stand, while a woman in a red sari with a gold necklace sits behind him. A young boy in a green dhoti sits cross-legged in the centre holding a small object, with trays of rice-like grains and a wooden bucket in the foreground.

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