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A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a gold border and a gold-and-green headpiece stands at left, holding a brass bell in one hand and incense sticks with smoke in the other, performing a ritual offering. Before him is a draped maroon altar table bearing brass bowls with gold lids, marigold and red flower garlands, and a teal and gold-bordered cloth covering a decorated coconut-form image with a pink flower. Brass oil lamps stand at right and a brass plate with a small lamp sits in the foreground. Behind are gold-accented shrines with deity murtis, including a Ganesha figure and a figure in orange and white draped with garlands, plus a garlanded deity with a gold necklace in the upper right. Rudraksha mala and gold ornaments are visible on the priest. This appears to be an aarti or puja at a temple shrine.

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