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A photograph inside a gold-toned temple shrine. A bare-chested priest in a white turban and white dhoti with a gold border stands at left, extending his arm toward a golden-skinned figure with a green turban and multiple necklaces, who holds one hand raised in blessing. The figure is on a red velvet-draped altar with a bronze shrine, small bronze deity figures, and a green cloth. Behind is a dark deity murti of an elephant-headed or ornamented form garlanded with yellow and white flowers, decorated with mirror-work and a red-glowing lamp. Tall brass oil lamps line both sides of the shrine, and gold garlands hang from the ceiling. The scene reads as a puja or abhishekam.

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