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A photograph inside a temple shrine with carved grey stone walls and a gilded altar holding deity murtis and brass lamps. A seated man in rust-orange robes, a long gold necklace and a red-and-gold thread wrapped on his arm holds a flaming brass lamp in both hands, the flame bright in the centre. Beside him, a shirtless priest in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered green cloth and a red headband bends forward and holds a brass vessel or aarti tray. Red cushions and a silver-trimmed throne-like seat with lion figures sit behind them, and a microphone stand is at right. The scene suggests an aarti or puja at the altar.

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