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A large camphor flame rises from a brass aarti lamp held before a deity murti dressed in a red sari with gold zari border. The murti wears layered gold necklaces, a gold waist belt, and garlands of white and yellow flowers over the shoulders and arms. Its face is partly obscured by the flame. A hand from the left holds the lamp base, and a figure with a rudraksha-type bead necklace sits at the left edge. Gold lamp stands with lit wicks and a golden kalasha-like finial frame the shrine, with a patterned fabric backdrop behind. This depicts a devi alankaram aarti at the KAILASA Hyderabad shrine.

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