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Three men in white dhotis with red-bordered shawls perform aarti with flaming lamps inside a temple hall with an orange wall and corrugated metal roof. The man on the left holds a lamp on a plate high in his right hand, the centre man raises a flaming lamp in his right hand, and the man on the right, wearing a rudraksha mala and round glasses, lifts a lamp in his right hand. Behind them, a gold-and-red throne stands empty, and to the right a woman in white with a mala watches. In the foreground, a stainless steel counter holds orange cloths and brass items, with a woman in white seated at the left edge. Garlands hang along the railing on the right, and framed pictures hang on the back wall.

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