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A photograph inside a temple hall with gold-painted columns and walls. A man in an orange-red turban and bare chest, wearing rudraksha mala necklaces and an orange-red cloth draped over one shoulder, stands barefoot holding a brass bell in one hand and a small ceremonial umbrella in the other, facing a row of brass lamps on a dark stone table. Behind him stand golden deity murtis, including a four-armed figure with a crown and a seated group of figures, and several painted statues on wooden platforms. The man's appearance is consistent with a priest or sannyasi; the page associates the event with a person but the figure's cues are insufficient for a confident identification.

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