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A photograph of a temple-style ceremony on a stage. A man in a white dhoti and cream-and-gold turban, with white jasmine garlands and red flower garlands, stands and places his hand on a small brass or silver figure held up before him. Below him, a second man in a white dhoti and white head wrap kneels on a yellow stone block, bending forward with his hands joined. Behind them, a shaved-head man in a rust-coloured dhoti with a rudraksha mala looks on from the right. The background has a golden arched frame and a deity murti decorated with garlands in red, yellow and green, draped in purple cloth. A padapuja-style offering or abhishekam-type ritual appears to be in progress.

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