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A photograph of a temple-style puja in a hall. On the left, a man in a rust-brown dhoti and shawl, with a white flower garland and orange-brown rudraksha mala, holds a silver aarti lamp with flames and smoke rising toward a deity murti. Behind him, a golden arched peetha frames a green curtain. On the right, a richly decorated deity murti in green silk and wrapped in red, yellow and white garlands sits on a purple cloth, with a yellow fruit offered before it. A small second murti in white and orange garlands stands in the centre. The scene is performed as an aarti.

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