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A bald priest with a faint vertical ash mark on his forehead, wearing a rudraksha mala, a bare upper body, a white dhoti with a gold border and rubbing ash on his arms, performs a ritual at a gilded deity murti, holding a brass plate with halved yellow fruit (lemons) and pressing one toward the figure's chest. The murti has a tall crown, gold face, and draped deep maroon cloth. An ornate gold arch frames the shrine against a golden stone wall, with a brass vessel in the lower foreground.

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