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A photograph of a small ritual room where a priest in orange robes, bare-chested with white sacred markings on his arm and a rudraksha-style necklace, performs an aarti with a lit oil lamp before a red-draped table. Behind the table sits a framed portrait of a smiling figure in a pink-and-red robe with a flowered white-and-pink headdress and a garland of white flowers and beads, seated as if on a throne. Beside it hangs a framed gold-bordered devotional picture of a deity seated on a lotus-like seat, and small oil lamps, flowers and a plate of offerings sit on the table. Three or four devotees in the foreground, one in white and others in shadow, watch from the sides, and one holds a phone to his ear.

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