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A photograph inside a temple shrine room. A bald priest, bare-chested with a sacred thread and an orange-yellow dhoti, sits cross-legged on a blue cushion facing the deity murtis, holding a brass bell in one raised hand and a small lamp in the other. Before him on a gold-brocade table stand brass oil lamps, metal bowls and a kalasha-like pot. In the background, a large black deity murti in a purple garment and crown stands under a gilded arch, with two seated smaller murtis in front of it on a yellow cloth. To the right, on a black pedestal beneath a turquoise backdrop and gilded arch, three black murtis are dressed in green, white and red garments with garlands. A red-draped table with a metal pot sits at the right edge. The priest is performing puja.

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