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A young boy in a rust-orange cloth stands with his back to the camera, holding a brass tray with a lit oil lamp and a small brass vessel while offering arati before a seated statue. The seated figure is a golden-bodied murti wearing a maroon head wrap, layered silver and jewelled necklaces and bangles, seated on an ornate gold throne with arched carved backrest. Behind it a larger gold deity murti holds a trident-like staff and sits beneath a golden canopy, flanked by gold pillars with carved relief. The setting is an indoor shrine room with a staircase and shelves at the edges.

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