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A temple ritual before deity murtis draped in garlands of red, yellow and green flowers. A priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a gold armlet, bends forward to offer something to a central deity wearing a gold crown and a magenta and gold lower cloth. A second man in a white dhoti with gold border kneels at right holding a coconut and a flower-filled bowl. Brass lamps, bananas, coconuts and marigold petals lie on the floor, and a green-curtained shrine holds another deity with an orange headpiece. Golden arches frame the shrine.

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