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A temple wedding ritual before flower-draped deity murtis on a gilded throne-like altar. Two deity murtis stand at right in pink and magenta silk, one wearing a gold crown and jewelled ornaments, the other in green and teal with a gold headdress. At left a seated deity murti sits on a purple cloth and green silk, garlanded with white flowers and yellow-and-red marigold strands. A man in white ceremonial dhoti and white shawl stands in the centre with palms pressed together in namaste, a rudraksha-style mala around his neck. Another man in white with a white turban and white garland stands at right in anjali. At far left a priest in a red-orange cloth, with a sacred thread and tilak, sits before offering trays of bananas, fruit and flowers on a brass plate, beside yellow-wrapped blocks. Painted columns and a painted warrior figure with a sword decorate the background.

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