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Lindsay has a masked ball

Lindsay Lohan has a new, cougar lesbian lover — stunning photographer and reality-show star Indrani.

Lohan, 23, who previously dated deejay Samantha Ronson, has been secretly seeing Indrani, 36 — half of the respected lens duo of Markus Klinko and Indrani — since the women worked together on a photo shoot last fall.

Sources say Lohan and Indrani, also known as Julia I. Pal-Chaudhuri, have been on a series of dates in LA and recently spent the night at Lohan’s hotel.

Indrani told The Post, “We have been spending a lot of time together. I have never had a relationship with a woman before, but Lindsay is just somebody who I find fascinating, gorgeous and extremely smart, as well as super-hot.

“Lindsay gets a lot of bad press, but she’s a really strong, creative woman and is trying really hard to get her life in a good, positive place.”

Klinko said the pair are good for each other.

“Lindsay and Indrani have been seeing each other since we shot her last fall,” he said. “I’ve seen them on dates, I have seen them making out . . . Indrani is a good influence on Lindsay. She is the opposite of a party girl — a Princeton graduate, she’s into art and is a philanthropist — not what you’d expect the typical girl for Lindsay to go out with.

“When they are together, they talk about art and the deeper meaning in life.”