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Temple ritual scene in front of a deity murti of Meenakshi, a goddess form adorned with a crown, layered gold necklaces and a green sari-style drape, set on a magenta-and-green cloth on a gilded throne decorated with red, yellow and white garlands. Two men in plain white dhotis with saffron-gold borders and white turbans stand at the deity, one placing a garland and the other adjusting garlands with both hands. A third man seated at left wears saffron-orange cloth and has white sacred ash markings on his arms and body, tending a flame. In the foreground a homa fire burns in a brick fire pit beside silver bowls and offerings. Gilded arches and a painted dwarapalaka guardian figure frame the shrine.

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