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A top-down photo of a ritual setup at a temple altar. A round polished stainless steel tray holds five small steel bowls, one containing yellow powder. Above, a dark black stone murti is draped with a garland of white and orange flowers, a red and white decorative cloth, and a cluster of brass bells. A small brass vessel with a lid sits on the white ledge at lower right, and an orange-labelled container is partly visible at the bottom right. Nobody is visible in the frame.

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