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A photograph of a temple puja before a pair of metal deity murtis decorated with white jasmine garlands and red flower garlands. A man with long dark hair tied back, wearing a rust-brown dhoti and a bare upper body with a brown armlet, stands at left with his hand raised toward the deities and a green parrot perched on his shoulder. The central figure wears an orange-saffron cloth and an ornate crown with a trident-like staff beside it; a smaller deity to the right wears a jewelled crown and red garments. Behind them is a green silk backdrop framed by a gold-carved arch with colourful painted panels. A partly visible second attendant in brown stands at far left, and a silver plate sits at the lower left. Identity of the man is not established from appearance.

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