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A photograph of a temple-style ceremony on a stage with dark maroon drapes. At centre sits a deity murti, dressed and draped in garlands of red, pink, yellow and green flowers, set within an ornate gold arched frame. Two men in white ritual dhotis and white turbans stand flanking the murti, each wearing white flower garlands and gold chains, hands folded before them. In the lower left foreground a shaven-headed priest in orange cloth with a white vibhuti marking on his forehead is seated. To the right another gilded frame holds a second adorned murti with orange and red headdress. The visible people are the two standing men and the seated priest; the figures in the frame are statues.

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