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A photograph of an evening arati at a temple shrine at night. A bald priest in white dhoti and a white upper cloth, with vertical white and red tilak on his forehead and a beaded necklace, sits cross-legged on a mat and reaches toward a red-covered box holding brass vessels and a lamp. He speaks into a handheld microphone. Behind him, an ornate gold throne is draped with red cushions, marigold garlands and a brass kalasha with yellow flowers in front of it. Beside it, a framed portrait labelled on the wall sign is set on a second gold throne and shows a seated saffron-robed figure with a rudraksha mala, wearing garlands and marigolds. Smoke rises in the foreground, and a plate of offerings sits at the lower left.

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