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A photo inside a temple-like room with a golden statue of a mythic beast and a shelf of small brass deity figures behind it. In the foreground a woman in a maroon and gold silk sari with gold bangles and earrings sits with her hands clasped, facing a brass puja tray that holds an ornate padukas-style wooden sandal pair, marigold petals, a small lamp and kumkum. Beside her, a bare-chested man with a grey beard and glasses, wearing white dhoti cloth and several beaded malas, sits cross-legged facing the tray; his appearance does not clearly match the a person cues, so he is described only as a priest or devotee. Garlands of white flowers and orange marigolds hang on the right beside a blue curtain, and a brass kalasha vessel and a murti of a seated deity sit on the altar.

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