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A bare-chested priest in a yellow-and-white turban and white dhoti with gold borders stands at left holding a brass tray of ripe yellow bananas. He wears a heavy gold necklace and dark rudraksha-style beaded malas, with red and yellow sacred threads on his wrist. Behind him, a shrine is decorated with a gold arched canopy, striped marigold-and-white garlands, and three deity murti in red, gold and silver garments with crowns, set on a red-draped platform with kalasha-style offerings. In the foreground, a fire pit with burning embers sits on a yellow-ochre platform decorated with a white kolam lotus design.

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