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A large crowd of devotees dressed in white clothes with red shawls raise their arms toward a decorated altar in an indoor hall. On the altar stands a deity murti draped in garlands, flanked by golden lion-like figures, with marigold and flower offerings and a small golden kalasha-style lamp at the front. Above it hangs a colourful umbrella-shaped canopy and a reflective silver backdrop. On the right, several orange-robed sannyasis and white-clad priests stand near a microphone. The scene appears to be a devotional celebration or darshan with worshippers in ecstatic prayer.

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