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A priest in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing an ornate embroidered gold-and-silver conical headdress, performs aarti at night. He holds a lit oil lamp in his right hand and a small brass bell in his left, raising the flame toward a decorated deity murti on the right. The murti is draped in garlands of yellow and red flowers, with a golden crown and orange cloth. Behind him stands a colourful festival chariot or canopy with red, blue and yellow painted panels and floral motifs, and a scaffold-like metal frame overhead. The scene is lit by the lamp flame against a dark background. One person is visible.

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