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A photograph of a doorway in a whitewashed interior decorated for a ritual visit. Two saffron-robed men walk out of the doorway: the foreground man is bald, wears an orange upper garment draped over his shoulder, an orange dhoti with a red-bordered edge, and a long pendant necklace, and carries a white plastic bag. A second saffron-robed man follows behind him, and a third is partly visible in the doorway. Marigold garlands hang across the doorway, and a dark stone shivalinga-style deity murti with marigolds sits in a stone-faced niche. On the right, a white altar displays a decorated Shiva-form murti with a white garland and flower offerings, a kalasha-like vessel, and an oil lamp, with orange and yellow marigolds scattered on the floor. Carved wooden wall plaques hang on the walls.

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