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A photograph of a group of devotees performing a ritual at a courtyard in a whitewashed building. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, and women in white sarees with yellow borders, wear yellow and white marigold garlands. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with an orange-bordered cloth, and a man in a beige kurta with a garland, stand bending forward. A woman in a bright pink saree kneels near the left edge. In the foreground, a banana bunch, apples, oranges, a pineapple, and bowls of offerings sit on a woven mat with scattered yellow flowers. A small blue sign reads Silence please. Several people bow and touch the ground during a puja.

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