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A photograph of a ceremonial puja inside a hall with red curtains and floral decorations. A man in a saffron-brown dhoti and shawl, wearing a long orange-red and white marigold garland and a gold necklace, holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) with a flame. Behind him a shaved-headed priest in saffron clothing with a white tilak stands with hands folded. A seated priest in saffron, with a rudraksha mala, bends over a book and offerings at the lower right. Floral pillars of red, yellow, white and purple flowers frame the scene. Two portraits hang on the wall at the left, and a few seated attendees and a musician are at the far left. a person identity uncertain from appearance.

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