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A photograph of a temple ritual in a hall with a white tiled floor and a blue and gold painted wall. Smoke rises at left where a seated priest in a rust-coloured cloth tends a fire or offerings near brass plates of fruit and sweets. Two priests in white dhotis with white head cloths stand at right, one raising an object toward a decorated deity murti on a gold-trimmed altar draped with red and yellow garlands. Two more decorated deity murtis in pink and blue silk stand under a gold arch with marigold garlands. Yellow turmeric blocks lie on the floor near a seated figure on a red-cushioned throne decorated with flowers at left. The scene shows abhishekam or puja. Visible people: three priests and one seated figure, all in white or rust clothing.

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