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A photograph inside a temple hall with a decorated altar. Two people stand facing each other in front of a garlanded, flower-covered structure with a purple cloth and a gold throne-like seat. The man on the right wears a white dhoti with gold border, a white head cloth, and an upper-body wrap, and places his hand on the shoulder of the woman on the left, who wears a white sari with gold border and white head covering and holds a garland of white and red flowers. An oil lamp burns in the foreground, and a seated person in saffron-orange robes with white sandalwood markings sits at the lower left. Behind them stand a painted deity figure with a crown and a golden ornate doorway with string lights.

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