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A lamp, a song, a circle of light.
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A house where Bhagwan lives and everyone can visit.
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Clean hands, quiet mind.
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Seeing, and being seen.
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Telling Bhagwan we have come.
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Pradakshina around the shrine.
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Pranam: making yourself small for a moment.
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Dana: giving a little of what we have.
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Food that came back from Bhagwan.
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One sweet, many hands.
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Light offered to every part of the murti.
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Bringing the light to your eyes.
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Meet the pujari.
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Bathing, dressing and feeding the murti.
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One home, many rooms.
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A form we can see, for someone we cannot.
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The same sun through many windows.
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A question that opens the Ganesha shelf.
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