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Inside a temple shrine with red-painted stone walls, a man in a pink shirt and white dhoti sits cross-legged at a brass puja tray, lifting a small item with his hand near several brass lamps and bowls. Two dark stone deity murti are dressed in green and gold silk saris, adorned with pink and white flower garlands, and the nearer one wears a gold necklace and crown-like adornment. Lit oil lamps and a silver pot sit on the platform, along with pink cloth, flowers and brass vessels. The scene reads as a daily puja and abhishekam-style worship.

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The scene is a Tamil temple shrine at night.A shirtless man with a close-cropped beard and a red tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged on a red-and-cream rug before a shrine, hands pressed in anjali with eyes closed. He wears a white dhoti with a green-and-gold border, a rudraksha mala and gold bracelets. In front of him is a brass tray with a lit oil lamp, a conch shell, a bowl of red flowers, kumkum and turmeric, on an orange-patterned cloth draped over a low table with a large covered brass vessel and brass cups. Behind him a large golden deity murti stands adorned with rudraksha beads, a green-and-gold garland and a tall multicoloured flower garland, while a dark stone deity sits on a red cloth with a garland at the left. A small golden figure stands on a pedestal and brass lamps and vessels rest on side tables. 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